Man arrested for hammer attack
by Joel Danoy
Aug 21, 2012 | 1916 views | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested a man late Sunday, Aug. 19, for allegedly fighting with another man and then smashing the windows of a vehicle with a hammer.

Robert Floyd Spencer Reynolds Jr., 37, is charged with felony vandalism valued at more than $50,000, according to the San Joaquin County Jail website.

Deputies were called to the intersection of South Mountain House Parkway and West Schulte Road at 9:35 p.m. for property damage, according to a sheriff’s office press release Monday, Aug. 20.

Reynolds was allegedly involved in a verbal argument that escalated to a physical fight with a 32-year-old man who was not identified in the release.

At some point during the fight, Reynolds allegedly used a hammer to shatter the windshield and the driver’s side window of the victim’s vehicle, the release states.

Deputies arrested Reynolds, and he was booked in the county jail with a $20,000 bail that was not posted as of 6:30 p.m. Monday.

The estimated damage to the vehicle is $2,500. The victim’s phone, valued at $500, was also allegedly broken by Reynolds, the release states.

Reynolds was also booked on five outstanding warrants he had in San Bernardino and Fresno counties. His bail for those charges — which include child endangerment, spousal abuse and making terroristic threats — was set at $220,000, according to the jail website.

Neither man reported injuries from the fight, which was said to be a mutual engagement, according to the release.

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