CORRALITOS -- A 33-year-old Utah man was arrested Wednesday after he struck a Santa Cruz County sheriff's deputy in the knee.
Ernesto Reyes and a woman he knew were parked in a silver Nissan sedan near Corralitos Road and Merk Road about 8:45 a.m., said Sgt. Patrick Dimick.
She was talking to Reyes about a potential drug rehabilitation program for him when he became upset, Dimick said. She called 911 a few minutes later, and deputies arrived and spoke to Reyes.
Reyes was not cooperative with authorities. Deputies pepper sprayed him and shot him with a stun gun during his arrest. Dimick did not know what the officer was struck with. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to be out on medical leave for some time.
Reyes, who also was taken to the hospital, was arrested on suspicion of felony injury to a peace officer and resisting arrest, according to the Sheriff's Office.
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