BLAKELY - Borough police stunned a West Grant Street man twice before he complied with their efforts to arrest him on charges of assaulting a woman just after the new year began.
Officers responding to Joseph L. Molinaro's 810 W. Grant St. home at 12:33 a.m. Tuesday found him in the living room with Joann Hunting Bender, whose face was covered in blood, police said.
Mr. Molinaro is accused of punching Ms. Hunting Bender, cutting her lip and possibly breaking her nose, police said.
Officers ultimately had to use a stun gun twice to take Mr. Molinaro into custody on charges of simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and harassment. He was sent to Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for Tuesday.