Santa Maria Man Gets 7 Years for Brick Attack on Chick-fil-A Worker

Overview

• Clayton Peavey, 31, pleaded guilty to felony assault with a deadly weapon and a special allegation of inflicting great bodily injury, and a judge sentenced him to seven years in state prison.
• The case stems from a March 2 attack in the drive-through at the Chick-fil-A on East Betteravia Road, where prosecutors say he struck a 19-year-old on the head with a concrete brick hard enough to break it.
• The woman fell to the ground as he kept hitting her with the broken brick, according to the district attorney's account.
• She suffered head gashes needing stitches, a concussion, and broken bones in her hand, and the restaurant owner said she later recovered at home after a hospital visit.
• Police found Peavey in nearby agricultural fields and booked him on an attempted murder allegation, and the district attorney called the final sentence accountability for an inexcusable, unprovoked crime.