A Lansford man has been charged with beating up his girlfriend inside her home.

According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by officer Amie Barclay of the Lansford Borough Police Department:

At around 6 a.m. Jan. 23, Barclay was dispatched to a report of a domestic situation in the 300 block of West Patterson Street.

The Carbon County Communication Center advised Barclay that the victim would be in her vehicle blowing her horn.

The victim said that Matthew Renaud, 49, beat her up and threatened to put her in the trunk of the vehicle.

Upon arrival, Barclay made contact with the victim, who exhibited significant injury to her left eye and cheek area, and the area of her face was swollen, red and black and blue.

Barclay requested EMS and additional police units, at which time officer Brian Horos of the Summit Hill Police Department and officer Richard Neikam of the Nesquehoning Police Department arrived on scene.

The victim said she did not know where Renaud was and was not sure if he had any weapons.

The victim said that Renaud was her live-in boyfriend, and that he punched her in the face eight to 10 times and kicked her in the face so many times she didn’t really know.

The victim said that Renaud would not allow her to leave the living room and made her sit next to him with his hand on her.

Renaud would not let the victim use the restroom, which caused her to soil herself. Then he allowed her to use the bathroom.

As the victim was changing, she locked her bedroom door and escaped through a rear door, pushing a lattice fence away from the home and getting onto a side porch.

The victim said this went on for over four hours.

At this time, EMS then arrived on scene and transported the victim to St. Luke’s Miners Campus in Coaldale.

Barclay, along with Horos and Neikam, then entered the residence and attempted to locate Renaud.

A thorough search of the residence was conducted, but Renaud was not found.

Barclay then responded to Miners Campus, where the victim said that Renaud punched and kicked her in the face several times, and that while she was on the floor, he continued to strike her in the face and head and yelled at her, “You’re done!” “No savior” and “No neighbors can hear you.”

The victim also said that Renaud wanted to go to the store up the street to get more beer, and that he told her he would put her in the trunk of the car because, “Look at your face, I can’t take you into the store.”

Renaud faces charges of aggravated assault, unlawful restraint, simple assault, harassment, terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person.

He is currently incarcerated in the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail, and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing at 2:45 p.m. March 27 before District Judge Casimir T. Kosciolek of Lansford.