MAN ASSAULTED DOWNTOWN WITH A ROCK

Brandon Police Service arrested a man early Wednesday morning after he allegedly assaulted another man with a rock.

The assault occurred at a business in the first block of 10th Street on Sept. 8. Surveillance showed that a man hit the 45-year-old victim several times in the back of the head with a rock and kicked him, BPS told the Sun in an email.

Police identified the suspect, but the victim initially declined pressing charges, BPS said in a news release Wednesday.

The victim reached out to police at around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday to provide a statement and said he wanted to proceed with the charges, police said.

Officers arrested a 43-year-old man who was walking in the 1100 block of Rosser Avenue at around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday.

He was charged wit

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