BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ
Daily Post Staff Writer
The district attorney has charged a man with beating up a Good Samaritan who stood up for a stranger the suspect was harassing at the San Carlos Caltrain station, a prosecutor said.
Brian Weisl, 33, of South San Francisco, allegedly approached a woman standing on the Caltrain platform on Dec. 23 and started aggressively asking her about her outfit, before starting to yell, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Shin-Mee Chang.
After Weisl began harassing the woman, the woman tried to run away and yelled for help, Chang said. The woman later told police she was worried Weisel would throw her on the tracks, Chang said.
A Good Samaritan, who didn’t know the woman or Weisl, stepped in and confronted Weisl, who had run after the woman, Chang said.
Weisl punched the Good Samaritan several times in the face until he started bleeding, Chang said. Weisl then got on the train.
The Good Samaritan received “significant” facial injuries and was taken to the hospital, according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker. Weisl was arrested Jan. 1 after the sheriff’s office identified him after an investigation, according to Spiker.
The assault was only made public after the Good Samaritan was interviewed by Channel 2. Neither Caltrain nor the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, which is the police agency for Caltrain, issued statements after the assault occurred.
Weisl was at large for nine days after the attack, and the public was unaware he was being sought by authorities.
Weisl appeared in court Jan. 2 and was charged with battery and assault. He is in jail in lieu of $25,000 bail and is scheduled to return on Jan. 15.