Armed Robbery Suspect Busted After Assault

It was a busy Thursday night for Kennewick police, and it ended with an 18-year-old man in custody for multiple charges.

Police responded to this home in the 600 block of South Hawthorne, where 55-year-old Brian Lee said a man broke into his home through a window, assaulted him and hit him in the head with the butt of a firearm, causing multiple lacerations.

The suspect, Brandon Alfaro, also reported fired his gun near the victim, but he was not hit. Alfaro was located not far from the victim's home and was promptly 'detained' by police. After searching his home in the 800 block of South Hawthorne, police found what they believed to be multiple items of stolen property.

Alfaro is in the Benton County jail on a laundry list of charges.