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Newton County Sheriff Robert Burby says one man underwent medical treatment and another man went to jail following a Monday afternoon assault. Burby says it occurred shortly before 5:oo in the 6000 block of County Road 3068, between the Bleakwood and Trout Creek Communities. The sheriff said deputies arrived to find the victim with numerous lacerations on his head and upper body, and the suspect had fled to his house on the same road. As the victim was transported by ambulance to a Beaumont hospital, Burby said deputies went to the suspect's house and took him into custody. The name of the victim or suspect has not yet been released.