Police: Fight Leads to Assault With Baseball Bat

Anne Arundel County police arrested a Pasadena man on assault charges following an altercation involving a baseball bat on Monday morning. 

Shortly after 3:30 a.m., police responded to the the 7700 block of Moonfall Court for a reported assault. Officers spoke to a 43-year-old male victim who said he was involved in a fight with the suspect—who is known to the man—in the parking lot of the Firehouse Pub.

The two men eventually returned to the home they shared, but the fighting continued and the suspect eventually struck the victim multiple times in the head with a baseball bat, according to police.

The suspect was on the scene when officers arrived, police said.

Police arrested Jason Cole Ripple, 33, and charged him with first- and second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and wielding a dangerous weapon with intent to injure, according to online court records.