Fremont police on Monday arrested a man accused of attacking his neighbor outside her home on San Pedro Drive, an encounter caught on her home security camera that left the woman, a hospice nurse, with a fractured skull and traumatic brain injuries. As of Tuesday morning, no criminal charges had been filed.

What happened on Sept. 30

The confrontation happened on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in front of Elsei Yeh-Arling's house in Fremont, KTVU reported. She told the station the trouble started when she used her phone to record the man, who rents a room near her home, harassing another neighbor. She said problems with him had been going on for about three months, and that she had earlier recorded him verbally abusing his landlord.

Surveillance video from the family's house shows the man walking up to her and asking, "You want to have a conversation? You want to say something to me? I didn't hear that," before snatching the phone out of her hand, according to KTVU. Yeh-Arling said she ran after him to get the phone back. KTVU described a struggle in which both of them fell to the ground; ABC7, which also aired the footage, said she was thrown to the pavement. She lost consciousness, and the man left while she was lying on the ground, ABC7 reported.

Her injuries

Yeh-Arling spent about a week in the hospital, including time in intensive care, and was released last week. "I have a fractured skull," she told KTVU, adding that the head injury has caused memory loss.

Her husband, Dutch Arling, told ABC7 she has fractures on the right side of her head around the ear, swelling of the brain, and only about half of her hearing left. He was at a volleyball tournament with the couple's son when it happened and first learned of it from a phone alert that police and ambulances were in front of the house. She is due for a medical evaluation in about three weeks to decide when she can go back to work, KTVU reported.

The arrest, and what comes next

Fremont officers took the suspect into custody near his home Monday afternoon, Oct. 12, according to KTVU. Police have not publicly named him. Dutch Arling had voiced frustration that the man was not found sooner after the attack.

Police said they plan to interview the suspect, and the Alameda County District Attorney's Office will decide whether to file criminal charges. Fremont police had said last week, before the arrest, that they planned to refer the case to the DA. Yeh-Arling told KTVU she intends to press charges.

The family has started an online fundraiser for her medical bills. Dutch Arling told ABC7 they had already drained retirement savings and an insurance annuity, in part because of his own two bouts with cancer. "A device you can replace, but when you get such a severe injury because somebody couldn't control themselves..." he told KTVU, warning others about confronting people who are acting aggressively.

This story is based on reporting by KTVU and ABC7. The suspect has not been charged, and anyone arrested is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.