Amador County – A Volcano man was flown to a Roseville hospital Sunday after suffering a severe beating in a home invasion by a group trying to steal his prescription drugs.

Amador County Undersheriff Jim Wegner released details of the incident Thursday, saying that on Sunday, March 25 at about 1:30 p.m., Amador County Sheriff’s Department received a 9-1-1 emergency call from a resident on Buckeye Drive in Volcano. The caller said his friend had just arrived at his residence and had been badly beaten.

Deputies responded and found a 60-year-old man suffering from significant blunt force trauma to the head. Deputies were able to get limited information from the victim before he was transported by helicopter to Sutter Roseville Hospital.

Deputies went to the victim’s residence in the 19000 block of Shake Ridge Road in Volcano. They found evidence of a significant fight at the residence as well as on the deck. A sliding glass door leading to the deck had been shattered, the residence was in disarray, and there was blood smeared and spattered in the residence and on the deck. Deputies found no other victims and no suspects.

Sheriff’s Detectives interviewed the victim at the hospital. A neighborhood canvas was conducted and a witness with information on possible suspects and a possible motive was interviewed.

Wegner said the investigation thus far has determined that at 3 a.m. Sunday, after disabling electricity to the victim’s residence, multiple suspects unlawfully entered the residence and began beating the victim as he slept. The victim was punched and kicked in the face, and was stabbed multiple times in the chest.

The suspects then rummaged through the residence in an effort to locate and steal the victim’s prescription medications. At some point during the altercation the victim was able to access a rifle and discharge one round in the direction of one of the suspects. At least one of the suspects is known to the victim.

The investigation continues and anyone with related information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at (209)223-6500 or Secret Witness at (209)223-4900.

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