Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For Striking Victim In The Face With Metal Rod In SMC: Police
Police said when they arrived they found a man with an injury to their face.
SAN MATEO, CA — A Redwood City man was arrested early Friday morning after striking a victim in the face with a metal rod, police said.
At around 12:26 a.m. on Friday, San Mateo police officers said they responded to a report of an assault in the 1300 block of Saratoga Drive. Officers said they found the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Devan King Sr., and an adult victim at the scene.
The victim, who had a visible facial injury, told officers that King Sr. approached them just before the police arrived and, without any apparent reason, hit them once in the face with a collapsible metal rod, police said. Witnesses at the scene confirmed the victim's account, police said.
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King Sr. was taken into custody and transported to the San Mateo County Jail, where he was booked on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.
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