After she denied him oral sex, police said Sean Brown repeatedly punched Samantha Tice about 2 a.m. Friday before he went to the kitchen and yanked out the drawer where she keeps her knives.
Mr. Brown, 28, listed as homeless, was sitting on the couch in Ms. Tice's Scranton living room, smoking a cigarette, when police arrived to arrest him.
Ms. Tice told police he walked into her apartment, began asking her for oral sex and then attacked her.
While he was rummaging through the drawer's contents, she grabbed her baby and left for a neighbor's apartment. She told her neighbor to call 911.
When police found Ms. Tice, her face, hair, arms and clothing were covered in blood. The kitchen floor and living room floor were also bloody, police said.
When police questioned Mr. Brown, he said he punched her and he was sorry.
Mr. Brown is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, harassment and terroristic threats.
He was sent to Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday.
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