A 62-year-old Cape Girardeau man John Knoch is accused of hitting another man with a metal baseball bat. Knoch’s been arrested on assault second-degree and armed criminal action charges in connection with an assault investigation in Cape Girardeau.He is being held in the Cape Girardeau County Jail on $50,000 cash bond.According to police, officers were called to the 700 block of North Main Street on Friday, Aug. 22, to a report of an assault.