Inset: Galveston Vriseno (McLennan County Jail). Background: News footage of the Target store in Waco, Texas (KWTX).
A Texas man accused of stabbing his mother in a Target has landed in the same jail where he found himself after allegedly attacking his pregnant girlfriend at a McDonald’s.
Galveston Vriseno, 21, was arrested at a Target store in Waco, Texas, on Sunday after police said he stabbed his 43-year-old mother. According to reporting by local Fox affiliate KWKT, officers from the Waco Police Department responded to the store at 2:23 p.m. after receiving reports about an assault in progress. When police arrived, they found the older woman and transported her to a local hospital. Vriseno had allegedly fled the scene.
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Local CBS affiliate KWTX obtained video of Vriseno being arrested by Waco police not far from the Target store.
Police said they learned that Vriseno was seen walking down one of the aisles at Target when he allegedly pulled out a weapon and stabbed his mother in the neck.
KWTX previously reported that Vriseno was arrested in January in connection with an alleged attack on his pregnant girlfriend. According to KWTX, Waco police responded to a McDonald’s location on Jan. 8 after receiving reports that a man was threatening to harm himself. Officers arrived to find the girlfriend, who told police that Vriseno allegedly pulled her hair and assaulted her. She informed police that she was 11 weeks pregnant.
Police eventually located Vriseno at a bus stop. He allegedly confirmed that he knew his girlfriend was pregnant and that he attacked her. Vriseno told police that his girlfriend took his keys after they argued over a car part.
Vriseno was charged with assault of a pregnant woman in connection with the case involving his girlfriend. He was charged with aggravated assault in connection with the attack on his mother. He is currently in custody at the McLennan County Jail, where he is being held on $100,000 bond. His next court date was not available.
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