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.