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Student Arrested After Sac State Faculty Member Punched

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - A 21-year-old student was arrested near the Sacramento State campus on Wednesday after he allegedly punched a female faculty member in the chest.

University police received a report that a man rode by on a bicycle near the University Union and punched the woman at about 9:40 a.m.

Officers searched the area and located Victor Vazquez, 21, who matched the description witnesses gave police, nearby. The victim subsequently identified Vazquez as being the person who punched her.

Vazquez was booked at the Sacramento County Jail for battery and a report was forwarded to the District Attorney's Office. The woman wasn't seriously injured.

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