3 Lansford residents are facing trial in separate assaults
Three people will go to trial in unrelated assault incidents that occurred in Lansford Borough last month.
Lansford Police charged Leslie L. Shull with felony aggravated assault after an incident that occurred at 12:45 a.m. Feb. 13.Police said that Shull struck a woman in the head with a glass plate during an argument in a home in the unit block of West Bertsch Street.The victim was transported to St. Luke's Hospital - Miners Campus, where she received staples to close a deep cut on the left side of her head.She told police that Shull "freaked out" and struck her with a plate he was holding after she confronted him about text messages to another woman.A neighbor told police that he was awakened by loud banging and screaming, which sounded like someone being "thrown around" inside.Shull was arrested and sent to Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail. On March 2, he waived a preliminary hearing, clearing the way for the charges to be brought to trial.In another unrelated incident which occurred Feb. 15, 29-year-old Lissett O. Guzman allegedly struck another woman in the back of the head with a plastic snow shovel.The victim, who was allegedly taunting Guzman, was cited for harassment.Guzman faces charges of simple assault. She will go to trial after waiving a preliminary hearing Wednesday.In the third incident, on Feb. 21, police charged John P. Wagner with assaulting a woman at a home in the 300 block of West Abbott Street.Police say Wagner struck the victim in the face and spit on her.He then allegedly pointed a black handgun at the woman and said he would be back for her.Wagner fled the scene in a vehicle that belonged to another man. The owner told police Wagner did not have permission to drive it.Police sought Wagner and found him at a home on Bowe Street in Tamaqua.They recovered a SIG Sauer 1911 replica air pistol, which was identified by the victim as the gun Wagner pointed at her.He was charged with simple assault, a misdemeanor, and related charges. He waived a preliminary hearing March 3, and will go to trial on the charges.