3 Men Face Domestic Charges

Three East Providence men were arrested and charged with domestic simple assault on three consecutive days last week.

Steven S. Costa, 41, of 143 Dewey Ave., was charged on Friday, Dec. 28, with assaulting his son. The charge was his third offense for domestic assault since 1996, according to the police report.

Tony J. Oliveira, 36, of 208 Mauran Ave., was charged on Saturday, Dec. 29, for pushing his mother to the ground, according to the arrest report.

Benjamin Nadrowski, of 92 Hilton Ave., was charged on Sunday, Dec. 30, with striking his wife, according to the arrest report.

Costa allegedly punched his son, 18, in the head and bit him in the chest while he was being held on the ground. He was arrested on Vanderland Avenue soon after the alleged assault. An officer spotted him walking across the parking lot behind the Workout World.

His son showed evidence of being punched and there was blood from a bite mark on his chest, police said. He refused treatment.

Oliveira allegedly shoved his mother to the ground after she tried to intervene in an argument he was having with his brother over his wife. He was arrested at his home.

Nadrowski allegedly elbowed his wife in the face and shoved her to the ground during an argument reportedly over selling items on craigslist.com. He alleged that his wife attacked him first with a phone after she accused him of cheating on her, but police found no evidence of a phone being used in an assault, according to the arrest report.

All three men were given a summons to appear in District Court to face the charges.