Rochester man arrested for hitting another man over the head with bottle

Emily Cutts, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.
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Nov. 29—A Rochester man was hospitalized Friday after he was reportedly hit on the head with a glass bottle by another man.

Rochester police were called about 1 a.m. Friday to the 10 block of Third Street Southwest for a report of an assault. Officers found a 31-year-old man sitting on the sidewalk with blood coming from his forehead, according to Capt. Casey Moilanen. The man was taken to Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys for his injuries.

City surveillance cameras captured the incident and showed the man getting hit over the head with a glass bottle, Moilanen said.

Joseph Marshall, 32, of Rochester, was arrested in connection to the incident. He was booked into the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center on suspicion of second-degree assault, third-degree assault and disorderly conduct.