A homeless man was arrested on a slew of charges after he forcibly stole baseball gear and later punched a police officer and spat on a deputy while in custody in the hospital. 

According to a press release issued by the Ventura Police Department, employees of the Walmart, located at 1739 South Victoria Avenue in Ventura, called 911 to report a shoplift just before 9:30 p.m. Friday. 

The suspect, later identified as 30-year-old Adam Martinez, had stolen two baseball bats and a pair of batting gloves from the store “by means of force,” police stated. 

“Officers arrived and quickly located Martinez, who was waving the baseball bats in the air near bystanders outside of a nearby restaurant,” the Ventura Police Department said.  “Martinez fled from the officers on foot…[they] caught up to him a short distance later, where he brandished the baseball bats at the officers in a threatening manner.” 

At that point, the officers deployed a “less lethal force option” and took Martinez into custody without further incident. 

He was transported to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, and while there, he punched a Ventura Police Department officer and spat on a Ventura County Sheriff’s Office deputy, authorities said. 

After receiving treatment, Martinez was booked at the Ventura County Jail on charges of robbery, violently resisting an officer, battery on a peace officer and a parole hold.

According to police, he is currently on parole for multiple violent crimes and has multiple recent arrests in Ventura County. Inmate search records indicate his prior arrests were on Aug. 17, 23, 29 and 31.

One lucky Southern Californian is the state’s newest millionaire after numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot were drawn Friday night.

The winning numbers were 6, 23, 41, 59, 63 and the Mega Ball number was 25. The Megaplier was 2X.

Although no winning ticket matched all six numbers to claim the $740 million jackpot, one SoCal winner matched five numbers and will take home $2,233,779. 

The winning ticket was sold at an ARCO ampm gas station located at 27900 Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City in Riverside County.

The current pot has been growing since a $552 million prize was won in Illinois in early June. The $740 million jackpot ranked as the seventh-largest in game history.

The jackpot will increase to an estimated $800 million for next Tuesday night’s drawing on Sept. 9.

Lottery officials confirmed there were 249,974 other winning tickets drawn on Friday, with prizes ranging from $2 to $10,931. 

The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot is about 1 in 302.6 million.

USA Mega, which tracks Mega Millions statistics, says the most common Mega Millions numbers are 10, 3, 17, 14 and 46 for the first five numbers. The most common Mega Ball number is 11.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Tickets are $2 and there are a total of nine ways to win a prize. Drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m.

Pasadena Water and Power, the public energy and water utility that services the Pasadena region, implemented rolling outages late Friday afternoon due to excess heat.

With temperatures in the mid-100s, the utility was forced to institute the rolling outages due to equipment failures caused by the heat.

The outages began around 4:30 p.m. and were expected to remain in place for about an hour.

By 5:30 p.m., the temperature in Pasadena remained around 107 degrees, but was expected to begin to let up after sundown around 7:15 p.m.

Those affected by the outages were encouraged to follow the latest updates on the PWP outage map on the city’s website.

Beyond Pasadena, the California Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s energy grid, said the grid was stable and there was sufficient supplies to meet demands.