ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An Allegheny Township man is facing several charges after police said he cut his girlfriend’s face with scissors and punched her daughter.
According to police, the alleged incident happened just before 9 p.m. Tuesday at a house on Greenwood Road.
Investigators said 35-year-old Duane Lamont Holmes allegedly threatened to cut his girlfriend’s daughter’s hair against her will before gashing his girlfriend’s left cheek with a pair of scissors used to trim a cat’s fur.
“She reported that she was involved in a domestic dispute earlier in the evening over the hair of her daughter, over the appearance of the hair,” Allegheny Township Police Chief John Fontaine said.
Detectives said Holmes then allegedly pushed his girlfriend down and punched her daughter. The girl, who is not Holmes’ daughter, suffered a bruise on her head.
Holmes is charged with aggravated and simple assault, and endangering the welfare of children, police said.
Holmes was arraigned Wednesday and ordered held in the Westmoreland County Jail in lieu of $30,000 percentage bond. He faces a preliminary hearing next week.