Crime & Safety
Montco Man Beat Ex-Wife's Friend With Baseball Bat: Report
The man used the bat to smash the glass door to the house and then hit his ex-wife's friend on the head with the bat, police said.
A Montgomery County man pleaded guilty this week in connection to a baseball bat attack on his ex-wife's male friend.
Joseph Gimber, 56, of New Hanover, now awaits sentencing after being convicted of aggravated assault and related counts, according to court documents.
The Times Herald reports that the incident occurred on June 4, 2017 at his ex-wife's home on Westview Drive in Upper Frederick.
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Gimber reportedly broke into the house by smashing a rear glass door with the aluminum bat, before charging upstairs, shoving his wife out of the way, and hitting the man on the head with the bat.
Police tracked down Gimber but he refused to surrender, and was eventually taken into custody with the help of a state police helicopter and a K9 unit, the report states.
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He faces a maximum sentence of 22 to 45 years in prison.
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