Man charged with attacking woman, her son with bat
Apr. 1—A Pittston man beat a woman with a baseball bat and attacked her juvenile son when the boy tried to intervene, according to police.
Rashon Henry Daniels, 39, is accused of beating mother and child during an attack Saturday night at 94 Market St.
According to police, Laurie Lindsey reported she had playfully hit Daniels on the shoulder and that he snapped in response, throwing a beer at her face.
Lindsey's son intervened and tried stopping Daniels, who began threatening the pair. When Daniels came at them, the boy hit him in the face with a baseball bat, police said.
Daniels grabbed the boy by the throat and put him up against a wall so that he had trouble breathing, according to police.
As the boy tried to kick his way free, his mother grabbed a guitar and bashed Daniels on the back with it, police said.
Daniels then dropped the boy and began beating Lindsey with the baseball bat while she curled up in the corner of the kitchen, according to the complaint.
Still wielding the bat, Daniels began chasing the boy around the house before fleeing the scene, police said.
Police charged Daniels with aggravated assault, strangulation and reckless endangerment.
Magisterial District Judge Joseph D. Zola arraigned him on the charges Thursday morning and denied bail, deeming Daniels a danger to society and a flight risk.
Daniels was being held at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with a preliminary hearing set for April 15.
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