Today's Unsurprising Costa Mesa news

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Note for non-locals: Tony's Place is a dive bar of a particular sort: a haunt of semi-retired felons. Most of them are over-the-hill cirrhotic carnie mumblers. This guy was apparently still sparky at the advanced age of 42. The last sentence is the best.


Man's skull fractured by pool cue in bar fight
Fight in Costa Mesa ends with man hospitalized with bleeding in his brain

COSTA MESA – A 42-year-old Costa Mesa man was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, after a game of pool ended with a man going to the hospital with a skull fracture and bleeding in his brain.

William Marsh was arrested at Tony's Place at 2054 Newport Blvd. in Costa Mesa after a disagreement over a game of pool around 10:15 p.m., said Costa Mesa police Sgt. Bryan Wadkins.

Marsh is suspected of hitting Christopher Colbert, 49, of Costa Mesa, in the head with a pool cue.

Marsh was arrested at the scene, Wadkins said.

Other patrons overheard the fight but did not see it, Wadkins said.

Comments

[maps-or-guitars.livejournal.com]

Me? Nosirofficersir, I didn't see nothin'. Jes' over here, drinking my beer and minding my own business.

Nice.

[handstil.livejournal.com]

oh man, I have had some seriously unsavory times at Tony's Place.

I knew Chris

[joyfulagitator.livejournal.com]

I saw this and called the bartender at Tony's to find out what happened. The reason no one saw anything is because there was no fight. The guy just whacked Chris across the back of the head with a pool cue and everyone turned around when the heard a loud whack sound. He immediately lost consciousness fell to the floor. Blood was flowing out of his ears. This guy was so fucking crazy that he walked back up to the bar and sipped on his drink and giggled to himself until the cops got there. No one had ever seen him in there before. Chris is in critical condition and lapsing in and out of consciousness.

Re: I knew Chris

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Wow, that poor guy. I hope he recovers fully.