DICKSON CITY
A Vandling man repeatedly punched his girlfriend Thursday, fled and later told officers he couldn’t remember anything, police said.
Officers were dispatched to a parking lot at 900 Commerce Blvd. just before 4 p.m. for a report of a domestic incident. Kristina Collicott told police her boyfriend, Keith Morgan Jr., 34, had punched her in the head, face and stomach before running away, according to a criminal complaint. Collicott’s son was in the car when Morgan, 681 Main St., allegedly attacked her.
Two hours later, police found him on Commerce Boulevard. Morgan told police he didn’t know how he got there.
Morgan is charged with simple assault, endangering the welfare of children and related charges.
He is at Lackawanna County Prison on $25,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 2 at 10:15 a.m.
— FRANK WILKES LESNEFSKY