From Gina Kim:
A 26-year-old Lodi man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and kidnapping as well as two hit-and-runs in an alleged daylong crime spree, authorities say.
It started at 9 a.m. Saturday when the Galt Police Department was called to a commercial burglary at a smog-and-tune-up shop in a complex with the Squeeze Inn in the 500 block of Industrial Drive, said Galt Sgt. Charles Dedriksen.
There wasn't anyone there, but there was evidence of a struggle as well as blood splatters, Dedriksen said.
Police believe Christopher Blasingame attacked a 51-year-old Galt man he knew there and then forced the man into his own pick-up, Dedriksen said.
The suspect drove to a feed and supply store in unincorporated San Joaquin County, and went in to ask to use the phone. When the clerk refused, the suspect drove the truck in circles next to the store and then backed the truck into the building before fleeing, Dedriksen said.
After that, the suspect ran the truck into a garbage dumpster in an alley behind the 600 block of South Central Avenue in Lodi and fled on foot, said Lt. Steven Price of the Lodi Police Department.
The victim was found shoved behind the seats in the truck's cab, Price said. He was taken to Lodi Memorial Hospital and then transferred to UC Davis Medical Center.
Blasingame was arrested in Lodi and booked into the Sacramento County Jail, according to Galt police.
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