A man has forced his way into a house with a baseball bat and punched a man in the head.
The man broke into the property off York Road, Southend, at 6.30am yesterday.
He was armed with a baseball bat and when he was challenged, he punched the man and fled off in a vehicle.
Police searched the area and stopped a vehicle outside Southend Central train station at around 6.45am.
Officers arrested a 36-year-old man and he has since been released on bail until Monday, January 7.
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