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Herrera assaulted outside of KGET studios

December 10, 2014 by Veronica Villafañe

Andres Herrera attacked
Anchor Andrés Herrera suffered minor injuries in the attack. He’s sporting a bruise and some scratches under his right eye. (Photo: KGET)

Anchor Andrés Herrera, who works for the Telemundo affiliate in Bakersfield was attacked by a man outside the KGET studios just as he was about to enter the station earlier today.

Andrés was taken to the hospital, but wasn’t seriously injured.

The assault was captured by a security camera. Andrés says that when the man approached him he asked in a friendly tone if he worked there.

“I said yes and he proceeded to take a long swing at my face with a massive punch and walked away. It took me a few seconds to recover from the blow and realize what had just happened. I wanted to know why he hit me, so I followed him and asked him,” he tells Media Moves.

“He said that with those television antennas I was part of the conspiracy. I asked him which conspiracy, but he kept walking away at a fast pace.”

Andrés says that at that point, his wife and co-anchor Candy Cáceres, started following the man in her car while he followed on foot and called 911 to report the incident.

“He yelled out that he was going to kill us all. Within 8 minutes and close to 5 blocks away from the station, several police cars caught up to him and arrested him.”

Bakersfield Police identified the man as 41-year-old Jason Aydelotte, who has a history of assault and served time in prison.

He was booked on a misdemeanor battery charge with bail set at $5,000 and is scheduled to be released tomorrow.

The man’s Facebook page shows him posing in a photo with swastikas and a friend posting a message approving his “beating up a Mexican newscaster.”

FB post - Andres Herrera beat up

 

Filed Under: People, TV & Radio Tagged With: Andres Herrera

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  1. Gavin Martinez says

    December 11, 2014 at 1:16 PM

    Andrés god bless you and since your wife and co-anchor Cindy Cáceres called I know that since you share studios and a building with KGET I bet it on their resources. Punch you And I saw you Story On Al Rojo Vivo your getting popular and it was Jason twitter on the top of the article on Media Moves.

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Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Currently a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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