Man Beat Ex-Girlfriend and Her Daughter with a Baseball Bat in ‘Vicious’ Assault: Hamden Police

HAMDEN, CT — A New Haven man is accused of beating a Hamden woman and her 20-year-old daughter with a baseball bat in a “vicious” assault, according to police.

Hamden Police responded to the area of Shelton Avenue and Goodrich Street at about 12:30 a.m. on Aug. 13 on the report of a woman and a child being beaten with a baseball bat, according to Capt. Ronald Smith.

Smith said that moments later, Officer Timothy McKeon “located and arrested James Morrison for the vicious assault.”

Morrison and his ex-girlfriend were engaged in a verbal dispute when her 20-year-old daughter attempted to assist her, according to Smith.

Morrison then placed the 20-year-old in a “headlock” and began striking her in the head with a baseball bat, Smith said.

Morrison then struck his ex-girlfriend in the leg with the baseball bat, according to Smith.

The incident occurred in the presence of a 12-year-old child.

Smith said the 20-year-old female victim was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital with a head injury and Morrison’s 36-year-old ex-girlfriend refused medical treatment.

Morrison, 50, of Eastern Street in New Haven, was arrested on two counts of second-degree assault and one count each of breach of peace and risk of injury to a minor.

Morrison, who was detained on a $5,000 bond, was scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court on Aug. 15.

James Morrison, 50, of New Haven / Hamden Police Department

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