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Man reports being attacked with bat

WARREN — A man told police he was attacked and hit with a wooden baseball bat Wednesday while walking just after 1 a.m. near Rocky’s AM PM Food Mart on West Market Street, according to a report.

The man, 60, told police two men, both about 20 years old and dressed in dark clothing, hit him in the head with the bat, and continued to punch him after he fell to the ground. The man reported the two men tried to rob him, but he had only two beers. The men did not take the beers and ran away, the report states.

The man said he blacked out during the attack, and a person who saw him lying on the ground took him to the hospital, the report states.

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