Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For Battery at Scotts Valley Transit Center
A 55-year-old man struck another man in the head with a rock during a fight.
A 55-year-old man was arrested on Friday after beating another man at the Scotts Valley Transit Center.
Steven Hardy was arrested in front of the Kings Village Shopping Center and charged with assault with a deadly weapon for beating another man.
At approximately 2:45 p.m. on Friday, officers responded to a 911 call at the transit center. Witnesses said Hardy and another man were in a physical altercation and Hardy struck the other man in the head with a rock then slammed his head into the pavement.
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Hardy fled the scene on foot toward the Kings Village Shopping Center where officers found and arrested him at 3:38 p.m. after several witnesses identified him.
Fire medics and an ambulance responded to the scene and tended to the victim, whose name has not been released. He was transported to Domincan Hospital.
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Hardy was transported to County Jail.
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