By Associated Press - Thursday, March 9, 2017

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Police in Las Cruces have arrested a man suspected of using a large rock to beat up a motorist.

They say 18-year-old Bryant Keith Williams is jailed on suspicion of one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Police say Williams has been booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center where he’s initially being held without bond.



Officers were dispatched to the report of a fight around 6 p.m. Wednesday and found a 21-year-old man bleeding from his head.

The man was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Witnesses told police that Williams was walking on a street when he was confronted by the man who was driving by.

The two men exchanged words and Williams allegedly used a rock and his fists to beat the man.

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