Man accused of using cinder block as weapon

Jared Metts, 35, was arrested Thursday on expected charges of aggravated assault and disorderly conduct.

Maricopa Police responded to a call on West Oakland Drive in Cobblestone Farms around midnight referencing an assault. The caller told MPD two men were arguing in the backyard and one of them was allegedly hit in the leg with a cinder block. Officers made contact with the injured man, who was lying on the kitchen floor of the home “with a large laceration on his lower left leg.”

The man who threw the block was later identified as Metts. He had fled on foot shortly after the incident. Police made contact with the caller who gave a description of Metts’s clothes. She stated she did not witness the altercation but was able to hear the argument and saw the cinder block in Metts’s hands. He was described as wearing a white shirt and having a black backpack.

Police located Metts a few minutes away around 3 a.m., standing at someone’s front door with no shirt or backpack. He identified himself verbally to police and was immediately placed under arrest. When questioned, he allegedly stated he had been drinking that night and had no recollection of the assault.

Officers located Metts’s belongings on the side of the home and observed scratches on his legs and arms they described as consistent with climbing over walls.

Jared Metts was also found to have a confirmed warrant out of Flagstaff. He was booked into Pinal County Jail.