Man arrested after alleged rock assault A...

Man arrested after alleged rock assault

A 21-year-old homeless woman suffered minor injuries after her

boyfriend assaulted her with a rock Thursday morning in a brush area

off of the San Diego Freeway, near Bristol Street, Costa Mesa Police

officials said.

Police arrested 34-year-old Robert William Odom, also a transient,

on suspicion of domestic violence and assault with a deadly weapon,

Costa Mesa Police Sgt. Marty Carver said.

Witnesses called police after they saw Odom assaulting the woman,

who remained unidentified because she is a victim of a violent crime,

Carver said. At one point during the struggle, Odom picked up a rock

and hit his girlfriend with it, he said.

The two had been dating for about three months, Carver said.

Odom is being held in Costa Mesa jail in lieu of $50,000 bail. The

woman was taken to Hoag Hospital, where she was treated for abdominal

pain, scratches and cuts, Carver said.