A man was arrested Wednesday morning in Vista after sheriff’s deputies say he beat his wife with a dumbbell while she slept.
The incident happened just before 4 a.m. in the 2200 block of Primrose Avenue. Deputies discovered the woman had been beaten in the head and face as she was sleeping, according to a news release from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies said the woman’s husband attacked his wife with both his fists and a 5-pound dumbbell and that several children witnessed the assault. Then, the suspect ran away, deputies said.
The victim was rushed to Palomar Medical Center with injuries that didn’t appear to be life threatening.
The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Octavio Savalza, was arrested about an hour later, in San Marcos, the news release said.
Savalza was booked in the Vista Detention Facility on suspicion of attempted murder, felony spousal abuse and felony child endangerment.
