NICE, Calif. – A Northshore man has been arrested for assaulting another man with an aluminum baseball bat in a Monday evening altercation.
Arrested in the case was 31-year-old Kevin Andrew Hoffert of Nice.
Hoffert was booked for felony assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm with great bodily injury likely and a felony parole violation on Monday night, according to his Lake County Jail booking sheet.
Lake County News had attempted on Monday and again on Tuesday to confirm with sheriff’s officials that his arrest was for the assault, but official confirmation did not come until Wednesday afternoon.
On Monday evening sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an address on Manzanita Drive in Nice in response to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, according to Sgt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
When deputies arrived they contacted the adult male victim, who Brooks said was was being attended to by medical personnel from Northshore Fire’s Station 85 for injuries to his head.
The victim was transported by a Northshore Fire ambulance to Sentry Market, where a REACH air ambulance picked him up and took him to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for treatment, as Lake County News has reported.
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital told Lake County News late Tuesday that the male victim in the case was treated and released from the hospital.
During their investigation deputies learned there had been an altercation in the street involving the victim and four other individuals, Brooks said.
The victim was in a vehicle traveling on Manzanita Drive when the four individuals – which included three females and one male – started throwing rocks at the vehicle, according to Brooks’ report.
He said the male victim exited the vehicle and asked what was going on. Two of the females began punching the victim, who put his arms in front of his face in an attempt to protect himself.
The male who was walking with the three females – who later was identified as Hoffert – allegedly struck the victim in the head with a baseball bat. The victim fell to the ground and Hoffert reportedly struck the victim on the head a second time with the bat, Brooks said.
Hoffert was later located at an address on Dawes Street in Nice, where Deputy Shawn Nimau arrested him on the charges, according to Brooks and jail records.
Hoffert was booked into the Lake County Jail and placed on a no-bail hold because of the alleged parole violation, jail records indicated.
Hoffert made his first court appearance in the case on Wednesday, at which time Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff charged with him with felony assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly using the aluminum baseball bat in the Monday night incident.
Hinchcliff told Lake County News that Hoffert is scheduled to return to court next Monday, Jan. 9.
Hoffert’s bail has been set at $100,000, Hinchcliff said.
Jail records show Hoffert was arrested last July for a felony parole violation and a misdemeanor drug charge, and arrested again on a felony parole violation in November.
Anyone who may have information regarding this case is encouraged to contact the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 707-262-4200.
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