Detective Doug Pilgreen said around 11:30 p.m. officers responded to a house on Orange Blossom Trail in the Roanoke Rapids area.
Deputy Justin Matthews and Pilgreen arrived on the scene and found the victim on Spring Valley Drive with a wound to his head.
The victim alleges Wayne Wilkins started yelling at him and telling him to leave.
Wilkins then hit the victim in his head with a flashlight.
Wilkins was arrested by Matthews and charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
Wilkins was placed under a $5,000 bond and has an August 18 court date.
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