Today's Unsurprising Costa Mesa news
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substituteNote 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.
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.
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Re: I knew Chris
Date: 2008-08-08 08:33 pm (UTC)