A 53-year-old man, identified by police as Carlos Alberto Rosa Ruiz, faces charges under the Law for the Prevention of Abuse of Elderly Persons after allegedly uttering profanities and threatening a 68-year-old person at the Terra Azul condominium in Arecibo. Police said the events occurred during the afternoon of Thursday, October 15. Sergeant Alex Novoa González, assigned to the Arecibo Precinct 107, consulted the case with prosecutor Ariel Chico Juarbe, who ordered the corresponding charges filed.
Judge Alba Calderón Cestero, of the Arecibo court, found probable cause for arrest and set bail at $50,000. After failing to post the amount, Rosa Ruiz was taken to the Bayamón Correctional Institution. The preliminary hearing was scheduled for November 2.