Blue Monday On The Iron Horse; WCPD Arrests Alleged Trail Assailant

Reports of a man assaulting Iron Horse Regional Trail users near Ygnacio Valley Road brought squads of police on the run and ended with the deployment of non-lethal munitions and the arrest of a man in his 20s witnesses accused of attacking them with rocks Monday.

Witnesses began calling police for assistance from the trail at about 6 p.m., reporting a man acting aggressively and pelting passersby with rocks. It was not immediately known if any trail users were injured or how badly during the incident.

Officers located a young man answering the assailant’s description and took him into custody after striking him with a non-lethal munition. He was turned over to East Bay Regional Park District police for processing. His identity and what, if any, charges await him were not immediately known.

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