A man out of Pike County was arrested over the weekend in connection to a pair of assaults.

 

49-year-old Joseph Wayne Charles was arrested on Sunday. This, following a report that Charles had assaulted his mother the previous afternoon. His mother reportedly had visible injuries to her face and chest.

 

Charles was charged with a misdemeanor count of assault in the 4th-degree for that case.

 

During that arrest, however, Charles was served with a warrant from a separate case, in which he was accused of beating another person in the head and face with a blunt instrument, dating back to November 22nd. He was charged with 2nd degree assault in that case.

 

Charles is currently being held in the Pike County Detention Center on bonds totalling $5,500.