A man arrested on suspicion of hitting a teenager with brass knuckles had a panic attack after he was arrested and was taken to the hospital.
Just before 2 a.m. early Wednesday morning, the Sheriff’s Department received a call from a victim who said he had been hit by a man with brass knuckles. The victim told Sheriff’s dispatch that he was being chased by the alleged attacker, and that he may have twisted his ankle while running. The victim stayed on the phone while running from the attacker, moving from Starbucks to the Basin Transit Center on Adobe Road and Cactus Drive.
Responding deputies and medics from the fire station found the victim lying on the ground, where he identified his attacker before he was transported him to Hi Desert Medical Center.
Deputies made contact with a suspect, Sean Dixon, at the El Rancho Delores Motel on Twentynine Palms Highway. Deputies say that Dixon was uncooperative and struggled before he was detained, at which point they found him in possession of brass knuckles, which are illegal in California, and two fixed blade knives.
According to deputies, after being read his Miranda rights, Dixon suffered from a panic attack, and was transported to Hi Desert Medical Center before he could be booked at the Morongo Basin Jail.
