PRINCETON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A man is facing charges after allegedly striking his girlfriend with a baseball bat multiple times.
According to Mercer County Deputies, a woman was in the ER due to injuries sustained by Gene Robinson. Â The female victim says that she was asleep in bed when her boyfriend came in yelling and appeared intoxicated. Â Robinson struck the victim with a baseball bat in the leg and arms twice. Â He then climbed on top of her and hit her with the base of the bat, which caused a laceration to her forehead. The victim says that when Robinson saw the laceration on her forehead, he put the bat down and advised her to get up, clean herself up, and go to the hospital.
The victim advised that she called her friend, and they took her to the hospital.
Robinson had left the scene and was later arrested at a later date. Â He was charged with malicious wounding and domestic battery. He is in Southern Regional Jail under a 50,000 dollar cash-only bond.
