Assault near homeless camp in Garberville

On 08-24-2015 at 8:30 p.m. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies contact a 54 year old male assault victim at Jerold Phelps Hospital in Garberville. The victim stated he was assaulted by two suspects at the homeless encampment near the Veteran’s Park in Garberville.
The victim relayed the two suspects were accusing him of being a thief during the assault. The victim said he was struck numerous times in the head, hands, back and legs with baseball bats. The victim received abrasions on the top of his hands, knees and feet from the assault. Preliminary X-rays at the hospital showed possible fractures in the victim’s hands. The victim also received a laceration on the back of his head from the assault. The victim is in stable condition.
The victim was only able to describe the suspects as:
Nickname, “Lunchbox”, wearing a Grateful Dead tie-dyed T- shirt.
“Lucas”, slender in build and appeared to be on heroin.