Youngstown man charged with felonious assault

YOUNGSTOWN — A 62-year-old Potomac Avenue man was lodged in the Mahoning County Jail, accused of beating up his girlfriend.

Police were called early Sunday to the house where the victim, whose age wasn’t provided on a police report, told them that her boyfriend, James B. Adams, had punched her repeatedly and struck her with a wooden object.

Adams wouldn’t come to the door despite police officers’ attempts, and a landlord had to let them into the duplex. Police had to kick in an interior door and Adams finally unlocked another to let them in.

Adams told police that he struck the woman in self defense and he denied hitting her with a wooden object.

Police saw a large amount of blood in plain view on the floor in a bedroom along with a large wooden stick with wet blood on it propped against a wall.

Adams was charged with felonious assault and obstructing official business.