A year-old cold assault case has surfaced against Rocky Overturf, also charged in the death of 36-year-old Aaron Messick, and it’s something of a carbon copy of the scenario at the Valley Inn bar on Main Street in Escalon that took Messick’s life. Escalon Police Department Detective Anthony Hardgraves said Tuesday morning that the District Attorney’s office had located the case file and added it to the murder charge against Rocky Overturf, 26, of Escalon, showing something of a pattern in the Messick assault. Both men were reportedly hit in the head behind the bar and both fell, hitting their heads on the ground, Hardgraves noted.
District Attorney Files Year-Old Assault Charge