Man says roommate attacked him with hamster ball

A Des Moines man has been arrested and charged with assault for allegedly attacking a roommate with a hamster ball.

Police were sent to 6500 S.W. Ninth St., about 5 a.m., today. When they arrived they found a shaken Kaleb Johnson, 20, in the hallway of the apartment building still talking on a phone to dispatchers.

He told officers he was sleeping when his roommate attacked him. He said he tried to run but the roommate grabbed a hamster ball and hit him in the head with it. The roommate then took a curtain rod and hit him with it, then bit Johnson on the arm, leaving teeth marks.

Police arrested Chaz Adrian Denham, 19, on a charge of domestic assault with injury.