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Arrest Made In Assault At Hurst McDonald's

HURST (1080 KRLD) - A man who allegedly assaulted an autistic man at a McDonald's in Hurst is under arrest.Cleveland Crawford Jr., 24, is charged with aggravated assault with serious bodily injury for the May 26th attack on Colin Newman, 22."This was the result of an anonymous tip that came in from someone who had seen the media releases," says Hurst Police Sgt. Lonnie Brazzel. "That person was able to give us a name and a location, telling us that the man was currently being incarcerated in the Tarrant County Jail for unrelated charges at that point."Those unrelated charges were for terroristic threat and evading arrest.Jail records indicate that Crawford was on parole at the time.The charges came very quickly after the tip came in."I believe the tip came to us on July 10th," says Sgt. Brazzel; "and by July 11th, (we) had already presented those charges to the district attorney's office."Newman's family is very relieved with the news of the arrest."I didn't realize how relieved I would be until I heard the news," says Newman's mother, Kristy Newman, "and it felt like there was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders."Police say on May 26, Newman was talking with a child about a toy inside the restaurant.Crawford, presumably the child's father, allegedly didn't take too kindly to that and punched Newman in the face.Newman suffered a broken nose, a fractured face and a sprained ankle.While Newman's face has fully healed, his ankle still has a way to go."He still can't put any weight on it until around August 13th," says Kristy Newman.Mentally, however, Colin Newman is doing remarkably well."He is a very resilient person, so he is doing very well," Kristy Newman says.