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Metro Establishes Walker Assault Timeline

Man Arrested Has Criminal Record In 4 States

POSTED: 7:09 pm PDT June 24, 2008
UPDATED: 6:58 am PDT June 25, 2008

An arrest was made in the beating and robbery of NFL player Javon Walker, and new details have come out as to just what happened leading up to the attack.

The timeline is falling into place. While some of the specific details are still a mystery, one man is under arrest, and police are still searching for another.

The suspect in custody is Las Vegas resident Arfat Fadel, 30. Police said he has a criminal record in four states and is now facing felonies including kidnapping, robbery and battery.

“The suspects knew who Mr. Walker was, but he did not know who they were,” said Lt. Clint Nichols of Metro’s robbery section.

Police said Fadel and another unknown man followed Walker on a tour of Las Vegas nightclubs beginning at 9 p.m. until the alleged attack in the early-morning hours of June 16.

Walker entered Fadel's black Range Rover voluntarily, police said.

“As he will readily admit, he probably had a little too much to drink, and he did not pick up on the clues that Mr. Fadel was someone he probably should not have been with. So, yes, it is confirmed that he willingly got into the vehicle on his own,” Nichols said.

Walker was seen spraying $15,000 in champagne on the crowd at Body English at the Hard Rock casino, while flashing cash and expensive jewelry.

He told police the men took $3,000 and an estimated $100,000 in jewelry.

The Web site www.dirty.com quoted Walker as saying he was attacked in his hotel room at the Bellagio, but police said that's not true.

“We have looked at that story. That story is unfounded. That's not the information we got from Mr. Walker, and that's not what the surveillance we've been viewing tells us what happened,” Nichols said.

Walker has left Las Vegas and is recovering while preparing for training camp with the Oakland Raiders.

None of the cash or jewelry has been recovered.

Police are looking for more information about the second man.

Anyone with information is asked to call 702-385-5555.


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