Crime & Safety

Nashua Man Charged With Assault With Hanger

Twenty-seven-year-old Omauri Santos of Nashua was charged with felony assault for reportedly striking a woman's arm with a hanger.

Omauri Santos
Omauri Santos (Nashua Police Department)

NASHUA Police on Tuesday arrested a city man who is charged with striking a woman's arm with a clothes hanger. Omauri Santos, 27, is charged with second-degree assault, a Class B felony. He has been released on a $300 bond and is scheduled for arraignment April 18 at Hillsborough County Superior Court.
According to police, on Tuesday a woman made a report to police about an assault that had occurred about a week earlier, when she was struck on the arm with a hanger and suffered minor injuries. Police say the woman is known to Santos. After speaking to her, police arrested Santos on the second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum possible sentence of seven years in prison in addition to fines.

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