Crime & Safety

Man Who Beat Woman Had Pot, Police Say

Joseph Jonathon King Cooper, 33, was charged with physically assaulting a woman in the rear parking lot of 4701 Route 309 in North Whitehall, state police at Bethlehem said.

A Lehighton man was charged Feb. 20 with simple assault and drug possession, according to State Police at Bethlehem.

Joseph Jonathon King Cooper, 33, was charged with physically assaulting a woman in the rear parking lot of 4701 Route 309 in North Whitehall, police said. Cooper was found with marijuana when he was taken into custody, police said.

Information was provided by State Police at Bethlehem. Charges do not indicate a conviction.

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