An assault suspect was arrested after he allegedly attacked a person with a wooden stick in Saugus Thursday morning. 

Around 7:15 a.m., deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call near Magic Mountain Parkway and Railroad Avenue in Saugus, said Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

“A male adult victim reported being struck in the head with a large wooden stick,” Miller said.

Deputies located the man suspected of the assault who was taken into custody.

Rudolph Perkins, 52, a transient, was booked into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station jail for felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon.

As of Friday morning Perkins remains in custody on $30,000 bail, according to Miller.

The victim was taken to the hospital for his injuries.

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