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# Berkeley police: Man arrested after attack via metal scooter
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2024/02/20/arrests/berkeley-police-scooter-attack-arrest/
- Published: 2024-02-20T13:05:29.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-20T13:12:42.000Z
- Description: The assailant left the scene but police found him about a block away and took him into custody.
- Author: Emilie Raguso
- Tags: Arrests, Central Berkeley, BPD, Assaults, #articles

A man was arrested Monday night after striking an associate in the face with a metal scooter, likely causing a permanent scar, Berkeley police said.

The incident took place outside 7-Eleven, at 1501 University Ave., at about 7:30 p.m.

Police said the argument initially broke out between the men when one called the other a name.

In response, he struck the first man in the face with the scooter, leaving a serious cut on the bridge of his nose and eyebrow, police said.

The assailant left the scene but [Berkeley police](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/berkeley-police-department/) officers found him about a block away and took him into custody.

Forty-year-old Jose Loredo Hernandez (no address) was arrested on suspicion of mayhem, criminal threats and assault with a deadly weapon, which are all listed as felonies, according to jail records. 

The wounded man was taken to Alta Bates Hospital for treatment, police said. 

Hernandez is being held on $180,000 bail and is scheduled for arraignment Thursday at Wiley Manuel Courthouse in Oakland, according to booking records.

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