Crime & Safety
Police Log: Man Allegedly Strikes Woman Passenger in Head
The following is based on reports from the Portsmouth Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Christopher Adams, 24, of Bristol, was arrested Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. after police stopped a vehicle he was operating on Turnpike Avenue.
Police were first alerted to an alleged domestic dispute inside a vehicle, which was seen stopped on Bristol Ferry Road. The vehicle was later seen on Turnpike Avenue.
Adams, the vehicle's operator, allegedly struck the passenger, a 21-year-old Bristol woman, in the head.
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Adams was arrested and charged with domestic, simple assault.
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