Police: Sonora Man Swung Metal Bat At One-Year-Old Child

SONORA (CBS13) — A man is accused of swinging a metal bat at multiple people, including a one-year-old child, before he was taken down by police.

Joseph E. Worthington (credit: Sonora Police Department)

It all started Thursday afternoon on Greenly Road when officers were called for a man chasing people with the bat. Witnesses say 45-year-old Joseph Worthington was yelling and threatening people.

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At one point, police said he went into an apartment and swung the bat at a victim

Worthington was arrested after a foot chase. He is charged with first-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a deadly weapon, and resisting arrest.