A homeless man was in custody Tuesday on suspicion of viciously beating a 70-year-old Sikh man with a golf club during an argument in North Hollywood, but police said they do not believe the assault was a hate crime.

Bo Richard Vitagliano, 44, was arrested Monday night in connection with the assault that occurred Aug. 4 in the 7500 block of Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, according to Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell.

Detectives circulated a crime alert to officers in the area that included a surveillance photo of the suspect with his bicycle. Vitagliano was spotted Monday night and was arrested near Lankershim and Arminta Street in North Hollywood, McDonnell said.

Vitagliano was being held in lieu of $1.115 million bail, according to jail records.

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