Nilson Ridley Cain, 33, was arrested Friday and charged with felony elderly abuse and neglect in connection to the attack.
Thompson says he had stopped for gas at the Murphy USA gas station on University Boulevard near Cottage Hill Road last month when a man asked for money and then punched him in the face when he didn’t get it.Cain is charged with a class B felony, which carries a punishment of two to 20 years in prison if he’s convicted.