Police Beat June 15

Simple assault: Timothy Scott, 28, of Morgantown, W.Va., was charged by Cumberland Township police with simple assault and harassment after he allegedly assaulted his pregnant girlfriend at a residence on Bliss Avenue in Nemacolin. Police said the woman told them that Scott was mad at her for texting her ex-boyfriend. Scott allegedly scratched the woman while taking her phone from her, hit her in the stomach and punched her in the face, according to the criminal complaint.