Police arrest assault suspect

At about11:15 p.m. Sept. 10, West Reading police went to the 400 block of Court Street, where a man was beating his girlfriend. She was taken to the hospital for an examination. Officers arrested the suspect, a 22-year-old Mohnton man, who was charged with simple assault, public drunkenness, drug possession, harassment and disorderly conduct. He was jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail.