GREENSBURG – A 27-year-old man is accused of assaulting a woman and young child inside of a Greensburg hotel room.
Greensburg Daily News reports Bryce D. Wesseler was charged Friday with felony domestic battery, criminal confinement and battery on a child.
Police say they picked up Wesseler after he left the Quality Inn & Suites in Greensburg around 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
The female victim told investigating officers that she went into the hotel bathroom to gather personal belongings and he wouldn’t let her leave, leading to a verbal argument.
It eventually turned physical when she expressed desire to leave the hotel room.
Wesseler allegedly threw her on the floor and used his hand to muffle her cries for help, police said.
A 4-year-old child was trying to help the woman when Wesseler shoved the adolescent into a wall.
The child, who suffered swelling and redness in the forehead, told a hotel employee, “he [Wesseler] is always mean to us,” the newspaper reports.
A guest at the hotel overheard the incident and told an employee. The hotel worker said she got to the room and saw a naked man on top of a woman allegedly holding her down and choking her. The employee then called police.
Wesseler left the hotel wearing only a pair of jeans and was later found and arrested by police.
He had scratches on his head from the altercation but did not seek treatment. According to the newspaper, he was breathalyzed and registered .10 percent.
A trial date has been set for late January and court documents reveal Wesseler is not allowed to have contact with the victims in the case.
