by Steve Reinbrecht
A man terrorized his girlfriend for hours in a bedroom, at
one point choking her unconscious, according to a South Heidelberg police complaint.
William M. Brown, of 132 Walters Ave., just south of
Wernersville, was charged with aggravated assault and related offenses.
According to the complaint:
The woman called 9-1-1 from a neighbor’s home just before 2
a.m. on Nov. 1. She told police that Brown had trapped her in the bedroom and that
she had escaped when she asked to go to the bathroom.
She had bruises and cuts on her face, neck and feet, and was
taken to a hospital.
The victim told police that Brown, 38, described as 6-feet
7-inches and 275 pounds, had been drinking and got angry before dragging her up
the stairs and keeping her in the bedroom.
At different times, he choked her
until she was unconscious, punched her in the face, told her he was going to
murder her, and would not let her leave.
In October, Southwestern Berks – Lower Heidelberg, South
Heidelberg, Wernersville and Sinking Spring – had 35 calls to 9-1-1 for domestic problems, according to county records.
Six people filed for protection-from abuse orders. A PFA is a court order that someone – often an abusive domestic partner – stay away from
the person who files it.
In general, many of the assaults in the township are
domestic, South Heidelberg Police Chief Barry Whitmoyer said.
In a terrible case in the area that got worldwide attention,
Mark Short murdered his wife, Megan, and three young children, Lianna, Mark and
Willow, on Aug. 6 before killing himself in their home in Sinking Spring. Megan
had been planning to move out.
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