ALLENTOWN, Pa. | What started as a reported family argument ended with someone nearly being run down by a car, according to authorities.
Julio M. Torres faces assault charges in connection with the alleged attack in October outside a home in the 1000 block of Spring Garden Street. Allentown police arrested the 27-year-old on Tuesday, and District Judge Ronald Manescu arraigned him, setting bail at $25,000.
Police were dispatched just before 7 p.m. Oct. 11 for a report of a domestic dispute. The victim told officers that Torres, his stepdaughterâs boyfriend, allegedly called threatening to kill him because he kicked his stepdaughter out of the house, according to the criminal complaint.