Man arrested allegedly used a hatchet in assault incident

A 20-year-old man placed in police custody Monday in Seneca has been arrested by the sheriff’s office in assault investigation on Pondersoa Drive.  Law enforcement records identify Ezekiel Isaiah James Cheeks arrested and charged with first degree burglary, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, and assault and battery high and aggravated.  A deputy learned that an intruder in a home was armed with a hatchet which the victim knocked out of the intruder’s hand.  But the victim was sent to the hospital for injuries during the attack.