Full Notification

This evening (09/25) at about 3:50PM, sheriff’s deputies were sent to Abode Road and Stage Gulch Road for a report of two men fighting with other cars stopping near the fight. One of the callers to 9-1-1 said the fight started as a road rage incident. One man was hitting the other with a flashlight.

Before deputies could arrive, by-standers took the car keys away from the man who had been swinging the flashlight.  

When the first deputy arrived, he detained the suspect – 27 year old Glen Ellen resident Robert Lind – and requested an ambulance for the victim, a 62 year old Sonoma resident.

During the investigation, the deputy learned the altercation started out as a road rage incident on Highway 37 near Lakeville Highway. Near the intersection of Adobe and Stage Gulch, Lind approach the victim’s vehicle and pulled the victim out of the vehicle. Lind then hit the victim’s head and face several times with a metal flashlight. After the victim fell to the ground, Lind reportedly kicked him.

At that point, several bystanders intervened and stopped the attack.
When the ambulance arrived, paramedics treated the victim for blunt force trauma and injuries to his head and face, as well as cuts and scratches to his arms and legs. He was released at the scene.
Lind was arrested for Assault with a Deadly Weapon – both the flashlight blows and the kicking – under Penal Code section 245(a)(1). Lind was booked into the Main Adult Detention Facility.

If you have any knowledge about the original road rage incident or the attack and you have not spoken with the deputy sheriffs who handled the investigation, please contact the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office at 707-565-2650.

SCY# 180925-017