A 53-year-old St. Joseph man remains behind bars after his first court appearance on charges of beating his roommate with a golf club.

Levester Harvey is being held without bail on a class-e felony count of 3rd degree domestic assault.

Investigators say in court documents that Harvey was intoxicated when he and his roommate got into a verbal argument at their apartment on Faraon St. The defendant allegedly walked up behind his roommate and hit him in the head with a golf club, causing serious injuries.

Associate Circuit Judge Rebecca Spencer scheduled the case for the preliminary hearing docket May 11.