Southwest Greensburg man says roommate assaulted him with a drill
A 20-year-old Southwest Greensburg man was arrested after he, allegedly, repeatedly struck his roommate on his head with a portable drill late Tuesday and then drilled into his back.
Raymond T. Mullin III was arraigned on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment filed by borough police after the 10:45 p.m. assault that authorities said occurred in an apartment on the 300 block of Foster Street.
District Judge Tony Bompiani ordered Mullin held in the county jail after he failed to post $15,000 bond.
Police Lt. Kristopher Chappell said officers were called early Wednesday to the emergency room of Excela Health Westmoreland hospital where a man was being treated for multiple injuries from an assault.
Chappell said when police arrived they spoke with Mullins’ roommate who said Mullin and he had initially began arguing when the roommate came home from work and complained about the apartment’s Wi-Fi connection not working.
Chappell said the roommate then went into his bedroom. Mullin came in, picked up the roommate’s drill and struck him on the side of his head.
“(The roommate) was knocked to the ground semi-conscious and then felt the drill being pushed into his back,” Chappell said.
According to court records, the roommate was able to turn around and grab the drill from Mullin, but not before the drill bit broke into the skin of his back.
Chappell said the roommate told police that he was able to put Mullin in a choke hold until he quit fighting. The roommate called a co-worker to drive him to the hospital.
Court records said police later interviewed Mullin at the apartment. Police said Mullin claimed the pair began arguing over a social media post the roommate wrote about Mullin.
“Mullin claims the wounds received by (the roommate) were the result of Mullin defending himself. Mullin said the only way he could get (the roommate) off him was to get the drill and hit him with it,” Chappell said.
Mullin’s preliminary hearing scheduled Aug. 11.
Remove the ads from your TribLIVE reading experience but still support the journalists who create the content with TribLIVE Ad-Free.