SPOUSAL BATTERY VS/S.S.

A 24 YEAR-OLD SALINAS MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE BEAT HIS SPOUSE SO SEVERELY SHE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED. WHEN SALINAS POLICE OFFICERS ARRIVED AT THE ELKINGTON ROAD HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THEY FOUND MARCOS JARDINEZ CHASING THE VICTIM. WHEN JARDINEZ REFUSED TO STOP CHASING HER, OFFICERS WERE FORCED TO USE A TASER TO SUBDUE HIM. JARDINEZ WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL.