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April 11, 2011 / 12:50 PM

Man charged with assault with a pumpkin

SAN ANTONIO, April 11 (UPI) -- Police in Texas say they've arrested a man for allegedly striking a wheelchair-bound man with a ceramic pumpkin.

Jesse Esquivel, 35, was arrested by San Antonio police Sunday and is being held in Bexar County Jail on one count of injury to a disabled person, the San Antonio Express-News reported.

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Police said Esquivel was approached in a San Antonio home last July by a woman inquiring about a missing cellphone.

The discussion turned into an argument between Esquivel and Ruben Arce, 49, a paraplegic.

The woman told police she left the house and then returned to find Esquivel standing over Arce, who had been knocked to the floor and was bloodied.

Police found a broken ceramic pumpkin next to Arce.

Police serving an arrest warrant took Esquivel into custody without incident Sunday, the Express-News reported.

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