 California Headline News. A homeless man's behind bars in connection with a pair of assaults on the beach just north of the Santa Monica Pier. Police say 31-year-old Jawan Garnett is a registered sex offender who attacked and tried to rob a 17-year-old girl and tried to drown an elderly woman after dragging her into the ocean yesterday. He grabbed her by her clothes and threw her down in the water and held her down by her hair.