Charleroi man faces numerous charges
A Charleroi man was arrested Tuesday on two warrants, including one obtained by Charleroi Regional police, after he allegedly assaulted and robbed a New Eagle man early Saturday.
Marcus Allen Hughes, 32, of 1026 Fallowfield Ave., was charged with aggravated assault, robbery, simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct for allegedly assaulting and robbing Douglas Brooks on Fallowfield.
Monongahela police were called to Brooks’ home in New Eagle regarding the assault Saturday morning but learned it happened in Charleroi. Brooks was taken to Monongahela Valley Hospital for treatment, where Charleroi police talked with him.
Brooks suffered a head injury, lip laceration and a head laceration that needed two staples to close as well as a neck sprain.
Brooks told police that met two men at the home on Fallowfield Avenue. The three then went to the Myford Bar at about 1 a.m. Saturday. After last call, they returned to the house on Fallowfield. Brooks told police that a man, later identified as Hughes, jumped him and knocked him unconscious.
Brooks told police that when he came to, two of his acquaintances were standing over him. Brooks went home but called 911 after he started to feel lightheaded.
Surveillance cameras show the men leave the Myford about 2 a.m. Brooks, his two acquaintances and Hughes got into Brooks’ truck and stopped at 605 Fallowfield, where they all got out of the truck.
Surveillance reportedly showed Hughes coming out of 605 Fallowfield.
He is reportedly seen on surveillance hitting Brooks in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious and hitting his face off the pavement. Hughes is then seen on surveillance taking Brooks’ cellphone and going through the pockets of Brooks’ pants.
Police talked with one of the men with Brooks, who aaid he did not know what the two men were arguing over but when Brooks said he was calling police, the man he knew as “T” hit him. Police later learned that “T” was Hughes.
Hughes is also charged with tampering with evidence, possession of paraphernalia and public drunkenness. Police said he allegedly hid empty stamp bags under the back seat of a police cruiser after being taken into custody in a March 21 incident at 602 Eighth St.
He was arraigned before District Judge Ethan Ward on all the charges and placed in Washington County jail on $50,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for May 18 before District Judge Larry Hopkins.