Baseball size rock involved in alleged assault in Hopland

On 10-30-2015 at approximately 10:15 AM the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 13000 block of South Highway 101 in Hopland, California.

Upon arrival Deputies found a subject identified as Martin Castellanos Castro walking around in a parking lot of a local business.

Deputies detained Castro and subsequently contacted a 49 year-old adult male victim who indicated that he had been assaulted by Castro with a large rock.

The adult male indicated that he was walking in front of a local business when he observed Castro coming from around the building.  Castro was yelling at the adult male and began to follow him.

The adult male did not understand what Castro was yelling and the adult male continued past the business into a dirt parking lot.

The adult male could hear that Castro was closing the distance on him so he turned around to defend himself.

The adult male stated Castro was approximately 6 feet away when he threw a baseball size rock at him striking him in the right upper chest causing pain to the chest and numbness to his right hand.

Deputies placed Castro under arrest for an assault with a deadly weapon charge and booked him into the Mendocino County Jail where he was to be held in lieu of $35,000.00 bail.