On September 24, at 12:40 p.m.
Officers responded to Perry’s Pizza in the 2600 Ocean Front Walk for an assault with a deadly weapon. Officers met with the victim who informed them, he was checking his cellular phone east of the beach bike path, when another male asked him for a cigarette. When he was denied a cigarette, he became enraged and swung a rubber coated chain at the victim. The victim used his bike to protect himself but he was hit in the chest and back. The suspect was later found in the area of Main and Hill St where he was taken into custody without incident. Michael C Alexander, 48, from Los Angeles was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, possession of methamphetamine and a Santa Monica Bench Warrant. He was denied Bail.
