Crime & Safety
Woman Ran 8 Blocks to Hospital After Assault, Police Say
Easton man accused of punching girlfriend, who police say needed stitches.
A woman with a large gash on her head ran about eight blocks to Easton Hospital early Wednesday after her boyfriend punched her, court records say.
Police have charged her boyfriend, Gary P. Fehr, 43, of 1348 Ferry St., Easton, with simple assault and harassment by physical contact.
A criminal complaint filed by city Patrolman Jeffrey Crosson said police received a call from the hospital emergency room about an assault victim. The complaint lists the time as 2:19am.
Crosson talked to the woman in the emergency room. She said her boyfriend – Fehr – had punched her in the head, causing her to hit her head on a front-porch railing. That caused a large open cut to the right side of her head, police say.
Court records say the woman then “ran” about eight blocks from Fehr’s Ferry Street home to the hospital, where she needed five stitches to close the cut.
Crosson then went to Fehr’s home and arrested him.
Fehr was arraigned at 5am Wednesday by on-duty District Judge Todd Strohe of Bangor and committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bail.