DALLAS — The person accused of taking pictures three girls of Korean descent at a hair salon final week typically yelled obscenities and screamed when no person else was round, in accordance with a home-owner who employed the suspect.
Charles Allen, who paid Jeremy Theron Smith, 36, to finish yard work and guide labor at his Dallas-area residence, stated that he believes Smith has psychological well being points and that he typically blurted out obscenities when nobody was speaking to him.
“My impression was that he had a psychological downside. Positively,” Allen, 83, stated Wednesday.
Smith, 36, was arrested this week and has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a lethal weapon. Dallas police have stated the salon taking pictures is being investigated as a hate crime, and officers are investigating whether or not it could possibly be a part of a string of comparable incidents in Dallas.
Asian companies have been focused in three shootings since April 2; police have stated an identical car was utilized in all of them.
In asserting the arrest Tuesday, Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia stated Smith has suffered “panic assaults and delusions when he’s round anybody of Asian descent” for a number of years, pointing to a automotive crash Smith was in a number of years in the past. Smith had additionally been fired from a job after he verbally attacked a boss of Asian descent, in accordance with police paperwork, which indicated that he had been admitted to a number of psychological well being services.
Allen, the home-owner who employed Smith for guide labor jobs, stated he had seen Smith screaming and hollering a number of occasions in current weeks. He stated he heard Smith shouting “I don’t need to take heed to you” and “get away from me.”
“There was no person there for him to speak to. That occurred a number of occasions,” Allen stated.
Smith labored at Allen’s DeSoto residence at the least twice every week for the final three weeks, cleansing out the storage, landscaping and operating errands.
Allen stated he employed Smith by means of a staffing company.
“That’s his work,” Allen stated, pointing to a pile of leaves and dust on his entrance garden. “I had him cleansing out the leaves and trash.”
Smith by no means seemed to be a risk, stated Allen, who was residence when police arrived at his handle to arrest Smith.
“Impulsively these two black vans got here up within the fireplace lane, quick,” Allen stated. Then the officers hopped out of their autos.
“It regarded like a SWAT group,” Allen stated.
He stated he believed officers had been addressing him as they yelled: “Get on the bottom. Get on the bottom now.”
Law enforcement officials blocked the road, and a helicopter swirled above his residence.
“This must be a mistake,” Allen stated he thought because the arrest was taking place. “I do know they’re not after Jeremy. They need to suppose he’s a terrorist or drug supplier.”
Police later instructed Allen what Smith was accused of.
Smith remained within the Dallas County jail Wednesday, jail data present. His bond has been set at $300,000.
It’s not clear whether or not he has a lawyer.
