COURT HOUSE – Middle Township police arrested a local man and charged him with assault with a motor vehicle in connection with a July 8 domestic violence incident.
According to police, at 5:54 a.m., they were summoned to a domestic violence incident that involved a motor vehicle on Hereford Avenue.
When they arrived with rescue personnel, they found a 29-year-old female who has sustained head and facial trauma.
Investigation revealed the victim and accused, James W. Collins, 47, of West Palm Beach, Fla. and Court House, has been involved in a verbal dispute.
Police allege that Collins left the location in a motor vehicle. The victim apparently grabbed onto the vehicle. She was subsequently dragged about 50 feet and fell onto the roadway.
Collins then left the scene, police reported, and Stone Harbor police arrested him a short time later at his place of employment in Stone Harbor.
Collins was arrested and charged with assault with a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury.
Municipal Court Judge Peter Tourison set bail at $25,000.
Collins was remanded to county jail.
The victim was treated at the scene by Middle Township rescue personnel and paramedics, and then flown to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Trauma Unit,
The case is under investigation by Patrolman John Norton and Detective Paul Loefflad.
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