Bike used as assault weapon

WARREN—A 37 year-old man told police was assaulted with a bike. He said he was on his front porch in the 100 block of Belmont Street northeast at about 1 a.m. Thursday when a man riding a bike begin to curse and insult a woman. The victim told the man to leave; the man then beat him with the bike, a police report said. When the victim fought back the man fled — on the bike. The victim had several lacerations on his left arm and abdomen.