Police Beat May 16
Assault charges: George Alan Rickard, 45, of 109 N. Vine Street, Carmichaels, was charged by state police with simple assault and harassment for allegedly assaulting a woman about 8:30 p.m. Sunday at his residence. Police said Rickard and the woman argued before she attempted to leave the home. Police said that’s when Rickard allegedly pushed her into a door, grabbed her head and pushed it into the door, and grabbed her by the neck. Police said the woman had a cut above her eye and redness on her neck. Rickard denied assaulting her.