CLARION CO., Pa. (ETY) — A Clarion woman is due back in court next week on assault charges stemming from a domestic incident that occurred in February.
According to court documents, 31-year-old Shana Noel Rossiter is scheduled to stand for a preliminary hearing on April 20 at 8:30 a.m. with Magisterial District Judge Duane L. Quinn presiding.
She faces the following charges:
– Simple Assault, Misdemeanor 2
– Harassment — Subject Other to Physical Contact, Summary
She is currently free on $2,000.00 monetary bail.
The charges stem from an incident that occurred at a Clarion Borough residence in late February.
Details of the case:
According to a criminal complaint, around 11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 24, a known female victim arrived at the Clarion Borough Police station to advise she was involved in a domestic altercation with Shana Rossiter at a residence on Penn Avenue.
The victim reported that sometime between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., she and Rossiter began arguing, and around 8:00 p.m. she began to record the interaction, as Rossiter was becoming more agitated, the complaint states.
According to the complaint, the victim said that she has two young children and wanted them to come home, but could not have them there with Rossiter so agitated. She asked Rossiter to calm down, so the children could come home, and Rossiter allegedly replied: “I don’t give a (expletive) about those kids, and I will make sure if they come home tonight they are unsafe.”
The victim reported that the arguing continued, and things turned physical on the steps, when Rossiter was coming down toward her and struck her in the head, pulled her hair, and then grabbed ahold of her mouth area, the complaint indicates.
The complaint notes the victim had a recording in which police could hear the victim say: “Let go,” in a muffled voice, and Rossiter reply: “No, you don’t need a mouth if you’re not going to be honest.”
Borough police observed the victim had several red marks where the skin had been broken around the left side of her mouth.
Police then went to the Penn Avenue residence to speak to Rossiter.
According to the complaint, Rossiter reported she and the victim had been arguing and said that at one point, she did put her hand up to the victim’s mouth.
Based on the victim’s injuries, Rossiter was placed under arrest for domestic violence, the complaint states.
Rossiter was arraigned in front of Magisterial District Judge Jarah Lee Heeter at 1:50 a.m. on Thursday, February 25.
