SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A Jamacha man brutally assaulted in an attempted robbery two years ago is the victim of another crime.

Every time Jerry Gibson watches the surveillance video outside his Jamacha home, he does a double take.

“I’m surprised anyone could do that in broad daylight,” Gibson said. “He doesn’t even bother to look around, fixated on what he’s watching.”

A few weeks ago, a video showed a man walking up to the trailer hitch of his SUV parked on Lisbon Street, apparently undoing the straps and stealing a generator valued at more than $1,200. It was a deflating moment for Gibson, a handyman who used it to cut down trees and do other work.

“Certainly, my heart sank. I could feel it in my stomach. It shook me,” Gibson said.

It happened more than two years after an attempted robbery turned terrifying.

“I was cut on the back of my head from ear to ear,” Gibson said.

Gibson still wears the dire reminders around his head and neck.

“There’s a scar on my neck, above my collarbone,” Gibson said.

In September 2022, two men attacked Gibson, stabbing him twice while he was organizing tools near his home.

“The doctors said half an inch either way, I could have been (dead),” Gibson said.

Earlier this year, there were two guilty pleas for the two suspects, including a 9-year sentence for the man who stabbed him.

It took a year for Gibson to heal physically. He was diagnosed with depression.

“There’s still a lot of mental and emotional trauma, still trying to work through it. It’s a long way, I think,” Gibson said. “I just can’t seem to move forward.”

Gibson filed a police report in hopes of finding the thief.

“I’m not going to let this get me down … I’d like justice to be served,” Gibson said.

A GoFundMe campaign began helping Gibson replace his stolen generator.