EL CAJON, Calif.—A 26-year-old convicted felon was arrested on March 4 after allegedly hitting a police officer with a baseball bat outside an El Cajon Walmart.
El Cajon Police Department units were called to the Walmart at 605 Fletcher Parkway, near Interstate 8, just before 3:40 p.m. by the store’s loss prevention team, which reported the suspect—later identified as Julian Sebastien Kurko—was attempting to steal sporting goods and threatening employees with an aluminum bat, according to the department’s Lt. Will Guerin.