Fremont man attacks restaurant employee with hatchet, charged with assault with deadly weapon: police

( KRON ) — A man was arrested and charged with robbery and assault after attacking a restaurant employee with a hatchet last week, the Fremont Police Department announced on Facebook. The attack happened on Friday, March 22 at a restaurant near Mission and Warm Springs Boulevard.

Fremont police were informed that a man was yelling inside the establishment with a “small hatchet.” The man struck the employee with the weapon, and the victim suffered a minor injury to the arm, police said.

The man stole food and fled the restaurant. However, officers arrived at the scene and caught the suspect, 35-year-old Fremont resident Evin Sagastume. He was arrested a short distance away from the restaurant.

Sagastume was booked into Santa Rita Jail and charged with robbery, criminal threats and assault with a deadly weapon. According to FPD, he was previously arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and branding a weapon.

His bail is set at $50,000, according to county jail records. FPD did not disclose the name of the restaurant.

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