Shasta County Sheriff's Office
CRIME/INCIDENT: 243(d) PC-Battery with serious bodily injury, and 245 (a)(1)-Assault with a deadly weapon.
LOCATION: Near the intersection of Whaley Dr., and Sonoma St., Johnson Park, CA
VICTIM(S): 14 Year Old Male Juvenile
SUSPECTS(S): 14 Year Old Male Juvenile
SYNOPSIS: The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office responded to an area near the intersection of Whaley Dr., and Sonoma St., in Johnson Park in regards to a juvenile male found unconscious. Sheriff’s deputies investigated the incident and discovered the juvenile victim was assaulted by another juvenile male just shortly after each juvenile got off of a school bus.
The victim was transported to Mayers Memorial Hospital in Fall River Mills for injuries he received during the incident. The suspect was located a short time later at a residence on St. Helena St., in Johnson Park. The juvenile suspect was arrested without incident.
The juvenile victim is currently at Mayers Memorial Hospital and will be there overnight for observation due to receiving a fractured neck from the assault.
The juvenile suspect was transported to the Shasta County Juvenile Hall where he was booked on the listed charges.