Man Arrested for Allegedly Assaulting Woman in Santa Monica

A police vehicle pulls up next to two officers standing at their vehicle outside a closed school near downtown Los Angeles on Dec. 15, 2015. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

SANTA MONICA—A 31-year-old homeless man who allegedly physically assaulted a woman in Santa Monica and attacking a store employee a day earlier was behind bars Thursday facing multiple charges.

Mario Alejandri was charged Tuesday with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with force for the pair of alleged attacks.