Crime & Safety
Walnut Creek Man Arrested For Alleged Assault
The suspect was treated at the hospital before being booked into jail.
WALNUT CREEK, CA —Contra Costa County sheriff's deputies arrested a man suspected of making threats and assaulting another man in an unincorporated area near Oakley on Sunday, according to the sheriff's office.
At about 6 p.m., deputies were called to investigate reports of shots being fired in the 5500 block of Sandmound Boulevard east of Oakley.
When they arrived, they found 50-year-old Richard Fisher of Walnut Creek suffering from an injury, the nature of which sheriff's officials did not disclose.
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Fisher, who turned out to be the alleged suspect, was taken to a hospital for treatment and was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats.
He is being held at the Martinez Detention Facility on $75,000 bail, sheriff's officials said.
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The victim, a 40-year-old man, was not injured.
— Bay City News; Image via Shutterstock
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