St. Louis man accused in baseball bat beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man is accused of beating a man with a baseball bat while keeping him captive in his basement for more than an hour.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 24-year-old Jasin Pasic was charged Monday with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and felonious restraint.
Court documents allege Pasic repeatedly beat the man on the head with the bat on Feb. 9 and put a lit cigarette on the victim’s hand. Pasic also allegedly threatened the man and said he would kill him if he went to police.
The newspaper says the victim sustained a fractured arm that required surgery, and he has scars.
Court documents don’t specify a possible motive for the alleged attack.
A message left Wednesday with Pasic’s attorney, Terence Niehoff, was not immediately returned.
Columbia man gets 25 years in prison for hammer attack
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Columbia man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for attacking another man with a hammer.
The Columbia Daily Tribune reports Jason R. Davis pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and tampering with a motor vehicle on March 30 and was sentenced Monday.
He was accused of attacking a man he met at church and was staying with as he slept in 2013. Authorities say Davis hit the man with a hammer several times, then stole his iPhone and drove away in the victim’s vehicle.
Police say they found the victim near the front door of his home with serious head injuries.
Law enforcement officers arrested Davis after they found him walking along the side of Interstate 70 after the vehicle ran out of gas.
Man accused of attacking cousin with jack handle
MOSCOW MILLS, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man is facing charges for allegedly attacking his cousin with a jack handle.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 22-year-old Sean Creamer of Moscow Mills is charged with first-degree assault. He is jailed on $100,000 cash-only bond.
Police say Creamer told authorities he was mad because his cousin slammed a door and woke up his family.
Creamer allegedly drove to the cousin’s home, grabbed a jack handle, and struck him twice in the head, then chased him with the jack handle. Creamer told police the victim tried to assault him first.
The victim was hospitalized, but details about his injuries were not released.