An Eldred pair are in McKean County Jail, each charged with aggravated assault and strangulation on each other.
Scott Walter Button, 62, and Amy Lynn Mills, 48, both of 50 Barnard Drive, were both arraigned early Thursday before on-call District Judge Dom Cercone on charges of aggravated assault, first-degree felonies; strangulation, second-degree felonies; simple assault and recklessly endangering another, second-degree misdemeanors; and harassment, summary offenses.
According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the residence at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday for a reported domestic incident. When police arrived, Mills was face-down on the living room floor. She said Button had struck her in the head and face and choked her. Button said Mills had woken him up, hit him, pushed and shoved him and choked him, the complaint alleged.
Both were arrested, arraigned and remanded to jail in lieu of $20,000 each. The two are scheduled for Central Court on May 2.
Port A man denied bail for alleged assault
A Port Allegany man was denied bail after a Thursday arraignment on allegations including stalking and trespassing.
Christopher Robert Ballway, 29, of 208 E. Arnold Ave., is charged with stalking, a first-degree misdemeanor; defiant trespass and loitering and prowling at night, third-degree misdemeanors; harassment and criminal trespass, summary offenses.
According to the criminal complaint, early Monday morning, police were called to a residence in Port Allegany by a woman who said when she arrived home, Ballway was on her porch, attempting to unscrew the lightbulb from her porch light. When he saw the woman’s vehicle pull into the driveway, he fled the area. He left several items on her porch as well, the complaint read.
The victim told police Ballway had assaulted her in December, and earlier this month, had vandalized her car, the complaint alleged.
He was arraigned on these charges Thursday by District Judge Bill Todd and remanded to jail without bail, as this alleged incident was in violation of his prior bail conditions for the previous incidents.
He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing before Todd at 9 a.m. May 6. He is represented by attorney Brian Manchester from Bellefonte.
