Man assaults woman, gets stopped for drunken driving

A woman called police about 11:56 p.m. Feb. 17 after she was assaulted in a domestic dispute in the 400 block of Oak Terrace in West Reading. The man had fled the home, but he didn't elude police for long. Less than 10 minutes later, he drove to the house, spotted officers and drove off. Police followed the vehicle as the driver broke several traffic laws.

When they stopped him in the 300 block of South Fifth Avenue, he smelled of alcohol and failed sobriety tests. Police arrested the suspect and plan to charge him with assault. Drunken-driving charges are pending blood test results, police said.

Police charge two people in domestic assault in West Reading

Someone called 911 about 3:23 a.m. Feb. 16 for a fight between a man and woman at a home in the 500 block of Reading Avenue in West Reading. Police arrived and arrested the man, a 54-year-old borough resident, charging him with simple assault and harassment. He was jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Five days later, on Feb. 21, police filed the same charges of simple assault and harassment against the woman.

Woman injured, man charged in domestic dispute in West Reading

A man attacked a woman about 8:32 p.m. Feb. 13 at an apartment in the 300 block of Penn Avenue in West Reading. She suffered injuries but refused medical treatment. Borough police arrested the man and charged him with two counts of simple assault and harassment, four counts of disorderly conduct and one count each of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

The suspect, a 35-year-old Reading man, was jailed in lieu of $15,000 bail.

Wyomissing student faces assault charges after fight

Two students at Wyomissing Junior/Senior High School fought  Jan. 30 in the school in the 600 block of Evans Avenue. The brawl ended when one stabbed the other twice with a pen, puncturing the skin both times. Wyomissing police plan to charge the student with assault.

Wyomissing man charged in domestic assault

A couple began fighting about 10:52 a.m. Jan. 30 because the boyfriend, who had been drinking, woke up his girlfriend in their apartment in the 800 block of Park Road North in Wyomissing. She slapped him, and police cited her for harassment.

A few hours later, about 1:59 p.m., officers returned for another, more serious domestic call. The man had punched his girlfriend in the mouth, knocking out a crown, and threatened her with a knife. He hid in a storage locker near the building's laundry room, where police found him and arrested him.

The suspect, a 52-year-old Wyomissing man, was charged with harassment and two counts of simple assault, He was jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Husband attacks wife, takes her mother's car

A woman called Wyomissing police after she had to jump out of a vehicle about 4:10 a.m. Jan. 14 at Penn and Clayton avenues in Wyomissing. She left the vehicle because her husband, who was driving, threatened and assaulted her. He drove away and refused to return the vehicle, which was owned by the woman's mother.

Police arrested the suspect, a 44-year-old West Lawn man, and charged him with simple assault, making terroristic threats, harassment and unauthorized use of a vehicle. He was jailed in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Wyomissing man jailed on assault charges

A Wyomissing resident called borough police about 12:26 p.m. on Dec. 12 after hearing a domestic dispute in the first block of Tewksbury Drive. A man struck his girlfriend, then threatened her with a gun. Police arrested the suspect, a 52-year-old Wyomissing man, and charged him with unlawful possession of a firearm, making terroristic threats, harassment and two counts of simple assault.

He was jailed in lieu of $25,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 9 before District Judge Timothy Dougherty.

Fight over drugs leads to domestic assault

A couple's argument over missing prescription pills turned into an assault when the man hit the woman. Police were called about 6:50 a.m. Dec. 1 to the home in the 600 block of Reading Avenue in West Reading, where they arrested the man. The suspect, a 52-year-old borough resident, was charged with simple assault and harassment, and jailed in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Woman arrested following fight in West Reading

In the afternoon of Nov. 20, a man called West Reading police to report a group of people fighting in the 600 block of Franklin Street. Officers from the borough and from Wyomissing responded to the fight. Police arrested one woman, a 31-year-old West Reading resident, and charged her with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. She was jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Police charge man with assault in hospital

A man became violent about 12:24 p.m. Nov 19 in a room at Reading Hospital in West Reading, punching staff members a room in the emergency department. He was placed in restraints, but not before punching a security guard. Police arrested the suspect, a 31-year-old Reading man, and charged him with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. He was jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Wyomissing police arrest man in domestic dispute

Wyomissing police were called to a home about 1:45 p.m. Nov. 2 in the first block of Woodland Road in the borough for a domestic dispute. Officers arrested the man involved in the fight and charged him with simple assault, harassment and reckless endangerment. The suspect, a 40-year-old Wyomissing resident, was jailed in lieu of $15,000 bail.

Child charged with assault stemming from fight at Berkshire Mall

A Sinking Spring boy beat up a 10-year-old about 7:08 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Berkshire Mall, in the 1600 block of State Hill Road in Wyomissing, to the point where the victim suffered a head injury and had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Police charged the suspect, a juvenile, with simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment. Court records did not indicate the suspect's age.

Fight at Wyomissing restaurant leads to assault charge

Wyomissing police received a call of two women fighting inside a restaurant about 5:01 a.m. Oct. 22 in the 1200 block of Penn Avenue. When they arrived, though, the victim — who had been knocked unconscious — was a man. So was the suspect they arrested, although a woman was cited for disorderly conduct. The suspect, a 32-year-old Reading man, was charged with fighting and simple assault and jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail.

Husband charged with domestic assault in West Reading

An argument between a married couple turned violent in the evening of Oct. 16 at a home in the 200 block of Olive Street in West Reading. Police arrested the husband and charged him with two counts of simple assault and one count each of harassment and making terroristic threats. He was released on five percent of $5,000 bail.

West Reading man charged in domestic assault

Police were called to a domestic fight about 11:43 p.m. Aug. 6 in the 600 block of Reading Avenue in West Reading, where the victim told officers the fight had turned physical. Police charged a 35-year-old borough man in the dispute with simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment. He was released pending a preliminary hearing.

Child beats up another 4-year-old in Wyomissing day care

A man called Wyomissing police about 2 p.m. Aug. 4 to report that his 4-year-old son was assaulted by another 4-year-old while the two were in a day care center in the 2200 block of Ridgewood Road in the borough. Police reported the assault to the Southeast Office of Child Development.

Man charged in domestic assault in West Reading

Police were called about 8:09 p.m. July 15 after a man was reportedly beating up a woman in the 400 block of Oak Terrace in West Reading. Officers arrested the suspect, a 21-year-old borough man, charging him with two counts each of simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. He was jailed in lieu of $15,000 bail.

Massachusetts man charged in Wyomissing assault

Someone called Wyomissing police about 12:22 April 16 to report a break-in in the 300 block of Greenwich Street in the borough. When officers arrived they found it was actually a domestic dispute. They arrested the man involved. The suspect, a 24-year-old Hull, Mass., resident, was charged with disorderly conduct, simple assault, harassment and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail.

Domestic dispute leads to assault charges for West Reading man

A 39-year-old West Reading resident was charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment after a domestic disturbance about 12:59 a.m. March 7 at a home in the 300 block of Franklin Street in the borough. He was jailed in lieu of $5,000 bail, pending a preliminary hearing scheduled for this week.

Shillington man charged in bar fight in West Reading

A fight broke out about 1:33 March 6 in a bar in the 100 block of South Third Avenue in West Reading. Police took all those involved into custody. One man, a 41-year-old Shillington resident, was charged with simple assault, harassment, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. He was jailed in lieu of $2,000 bail.