Police are searching for a Queens man suspected of attacking an 82-year-old Queens resident with a hammer back in February. Octogenarian Sonnino Paliotta had hired Jamie Olivera to do some construction work in his bathroom in Rego Park, and months later asked Olivera (whom WABC seems to refer to as "Garcia") to give his niece's husband a job. Olivera agreed, and then allegedly attacked Paliotta in the back of the head with a hammer, requiring him to receive over 100 stitches. Olivera (Or Garcia? Up to you.) is wanted for assault.
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