DEPUTY CHARGED S.S.

AN OFF-DUTY SAN BENITO COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPUTY IS FACING A FELONY ASSAULT CHARGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. REPORTEDLY 32 YEAR-OLD DAVID HACKMAN PULLED AN ANAHEIM RESIDENT DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS, WHILE LEAVING ANGEL STADIUM EARLIER THIS MONTH. THAT AFTER THE MAN ALLEGEDLY TAPPED HACKMAN ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH A ?BANG STICK?, AND MADE A RUDE COMMENT (A BANG STICK IS A LIGHT RUBBER BALLOON FILLED WITH AIR, THAT FANS ARE GIVEN TO USE AS NOISEMAKERS). HACKMAN?S RESPONSE WAS TO GRAB THE MAN BY THE COLLAR AND START TO DRAG HIM DOWN THE STAIRS. HIS VICTIM LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS OFF THE STAIRS, FRACTURING HIS SKULL ON THE PAVEMENT BELOW.

PRIOR TO BECOMING A SAN BENITO COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPUTY, HACKMAN HAD BEEN AN OFFICER FOR THE HOLLISTER, RIVERSIDE, AND LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENTS.