Vicious beating sends 3 to hospital

by RCMP - Castanet Jul 28, 2011 / 3:00 pm

A reported domestic assault turned ugly last Tuesday night. On July 26 at about 8:20 p.m., Vernon RCMP responded to the call just off Buchanan Road in Coldstream. Officers discovered that three people had been allegedly beaten with a baseball bat by a man who was known to all three. The victims, two women and a man, suffered visible bruises to their legs, arms, torsos and face. The two women were transported to Vernon Jubilee Hospital for further medical treatment.One remains in hospital and required surgery to repair a broken arm.  The story then took a bizarre twist when police apprehended a 27 year old man several hours later in downtown Vernon when both the RCMP and the City of Vernon By-Laws officers responded to a complaint of a male exposing himself in the downtown core. The suspect is facing three charges of assault with a weapon, three of uttering threats, as well as assault and aggravated assault. He was scheduled to appear in court Thursday to answer to these charges.