Staff reports

After a Ventura man threw a bottle of Gatorade and can of beer at a police officer, he was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on an officer, according to authorities.

Just before 7:20 p.m. Thursday, a police officer in uniform was driving in the area of Telephone Road and Clinton Avenue when someone threw a full Gatorade bottle at the officer’s moving patrol car, according to authorities.

The bottle was full of frozen liquid and hit the roof of the marked black-and-white patrol car, authorities said.

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Police said the officer turned around to contact the suspect, who threw a full, unopened beer can toward the officer, although it missed the officer and the patrol car, authorities said.

Police said the officer arrested the suspect, identified as Zachary Robinson, 42, of Ventura, and took him into custody without incident. No force was used and there was no injury to the officer or suspect, police said.

Police said Robinson was booked into Ventura County jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and throwing an object at a vehicle occupant, both felony offenses.

He was held in lieu of $50,000 bail and is due in Ventura County Superior Court at 1:30 p.m. May 28.