Wife beaten with frozen meat

A western Pennsylvania man beat his wife with a package of frozen ground beef, and ran away when police were called.

Police were called to the Aliquippa home of 51-year-old William Neugebauer on Tuesday for a report of a dispute with his wife. They found Wendy Neugebauer suffering from swelling on her rib cage, where she told police her husband hit her with the meat.

Police said William Neugebauer ran away, but they found him half an hour later when he returned home. He was then arrested.

The Beaver County Times said that he faces a preliminary hearing on Tuesday on charges including simple assault, reckless endangerment, harassment and public drunkenness. He remained jailed on Friday unable to post the $10,000 bond, according to online court documents. No attorney is listed for him.

-Penn News