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Reward Offered For Help Solving Halloween Beating

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 29, 2007

TAMPA - A reward is being offered for information on the Halloween night beating of a 27-year-old man at North 50th Street and East Serena Drive.

Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering up to $1,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of anyone responsible for the attack on Louis San Martin about 9:50 p.m.

San Martin was riding home after a night of trick-or-treating with his family, according to a news release. His girlfriend was driving a gray 2003 Mitsubishi Galant, and her 5-year-old son was a passenger, according to Tampa Police Detective Jeff McGrath.

The car was forced to stop because about 30 or 40 teenagers had gathered in the street. People in the crowd started yelling obscenities at San Martin and someone kicked the vehicle, officials said.

When San Martin got out of his vehicle and tried to persuade the crowd to let him pass, he was attacked, the release states. Someone pulled off his watch, and San Martin and some attackers fell into a ditch.

San Martin tried to get back into his vehicle and someone hit him on the head with a baseball bat, causing serious injuries, the release states. McGrath said San Martin suffered a skull fracture that required surgery.

McGrath said he doesn't know any reason San Martin was targeted. "It was random," the detective said. "He was at the wrong place at the wrong time."

Anyone with information can call an anonymous tip line, 1-800-873-8477, or anonymously report online at www.crimestopperstb.com.

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