SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 44-year-old man was charged Jan. 18 with an attack on health care workers at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Tustin after they asked him to don a mask. Thomas Apollo of Poway was told to leave Families Together clinic at 621 W. First Street just before 10 a.m. on Dec. 30 when he refused to wear a mask, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and police. He allegedly called the workers there “murderers” and cursed at them as they told him to don a mask or go outside, prosecutors said. Apollo allegedly punched a medical assistant five times and another one twice, prompting staffers and bystanders to struggle to hold him down as police arrived, prosecutors said. Officers eventually subdued him with a Taser, prosecutors said. Later, when he was taken to OC Global Medical Center to be treated for minor cuts and scratches, he …
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