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Election argument ends with assault, Donora police say
Observer-Reporter (Washington Cty, PA) ^ | 12/1/16 | Kathie Warco

Posted on 12/02/2016 9:54:59 PM PST by Impala64ssa

An argument over the recent presidential election in the lobby of a Donora high-rise apartment complex ended with a resident of the building hitting a 69-year-old woman over the head with a chair, police said.

Matthew Pugh, 27, of Donora Towers, 685 Meldon Ave., was arrested Wednesday on a warrant obtained by Donora police on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment.

Borough police were called to the apartment complex Nov. 20. Witnesses told police that Pugh and the woman, also a Donora Towers resident, were in the lobby when they got into a disagreement about politics, particularly the recent presidential election.

Pugh reportedly became enraged. He allegedly picked up a chair and hit the woman over the head, knocking her to the floor. The chair opened a gash on her head that bled severely, police said. The woman also suffered other injuries in the fall.

Pugh left after the assault, police said, but was found a short time later. Donora police Officer Keith Charlton said Pugh is a supporter of Hillary Clinton, who lost to Donald Trump in the presidential vote. The woman apparently made a comment either against Clinton or in support of Trump, sparking Pugh’s attack, said Charlton.

The woman was taken to Monongahela Valley Hospital for treatment of her injuries. Police said Pugh was taken to the same hospital for an evaluation.

Pugh was arraigned before District Judge Larry Hopkins and placed in Washington County jail on $50,000 bond. He is scheduled for a Dec. 14 preliminary hearing before District Judge Mark Wilson.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2016election; donora; election; leftwingnuts; pennsylvania; trump
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Here's hoping, like the Flintstones he has a "gay old time" in prison.
1 posted on 12/02/2016 9:54:59 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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The Democrat Thug Party.


2 posted on 12/02/2016 9:56:14 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Guy doesn’t look very bright.


3 posted on 12/02/2016 10:04:56 PM PST by Ciexyz (After eight years of Obama, I can't afford to buy nothin'.)
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To: Impala64ssa

27-year-old ‘male’ of questionable gender hit a 69-year-old woman over the head with a chair?

Wow! How ‘manly’ of him/her!


4 posted on 12/02/2016 10:06:30 PM PST by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: Please.....GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: Impala64ssa

Typical “tolerant” dem/lib, beating up an old lady.

He’ll be someone’s girlfriend by lunch the first day.
Hopefully.
He deserves it.


5 posted on 12/02/2016 10:07:26 PM PST by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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There seems to be a continual stream of such sewage running through FR.


6 posted on 12/02/2016 10:09:50 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Impala64ssa

I don’t hear about all the Trump inspired hate crimes anymore. Looks like the media realizes they don’t want to go down that road.

I am archiving as many of these Liberal thug crimes as I come across.


7 posted on 12/02/2016 10:09:58 PM PST by Az Joe (11-8-2016-----We're still here President Reagan!!)
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To: Impala64ssa

He looks like a Clintoonie snowflake. Like Clintoonie, even his eyeballs are out of wack. LOL.


8 posted on 12/02/2016 10:16:03 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (As long as tyranny exists, the Constitution and Bill of Right will never be "outdated" or "obsolete")
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To: Impala64ssa

Hunch, he’s in the mental retardation range of intelligence.


9 posted on 12/02/2016 10:16:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Pajama Boy’s cross-eyed younger brother. The one who dropped out of the seventh grade and now works for Soros.


10 posted on 12/02/2016 10:16:42 PM PST by lee martell
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I’d bet that guys IQ doesn’t top 60.


11 posted on 12/02/2016 10:18:21 PM PST by Bullish (The fly on Hillary's forehead knows)
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Yet Trump gets blamed for “hate crimes”.


12 posted on 12/02/2016 10:22:33 PM PST by ozzymandus
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He’s gurning.


13 posted on 12/02/2016 10:22:41 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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... wearing the Democratic Party uniform.


14 posted on 12/02/2016 10:25:49 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: Impala64ssa
The woman apparently made a comment either against Clinton or in support of Trump, sparking Pugh’s attack,

This is exactly what I expected and what I immediately looked for.

I had a guy at work, try to muscle up on me, the day after the election. He flew into a rage and got right in my face.

Though he had about 100# over me and about 20 years younger, he backed down real quick when I didn't retreat.
Of course, being 6' at 290# can make someone rethink things. Especially if the other person is used to getting his way strictly because of his size.

I would have enjoyed putting a Trump Thump on the Dumb Chump.

15 posted on 12/02/2016 10:26:32 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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Typical Democrat, gets violent upon being disagreed with, unless they argue with an alpha male. Then they run away. Their only targets are old ladies. Anyone else stronger will overpower them.


16 posted on 12/02/2016 10:27:29 PM PST by W. (Practice does NOT make perfect, only perfect practice makes perfect pistolcraft!)
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Yet Trump gets blamed for “hate crimes”.

Don't you understand?

If it weren't for Trump and/or his supporters, then libs wouldn't be forced to preemptively defend themselves.

It's all Trumps fault.

17 posted on 12/02/2016 10:30:38 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Impala64ssa
Big brave PAJAMA BOY, with SH*T for brains....votes for Hillary and then hits a woman...A WOMAN...over the head, because she didn't. Damned misogynist creep!
18 posted on 12/02/2016 10:31:18 PM PST by nopardons
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Just down the river. Welfare housing. Probably on disability welfare.


19 posted on 12/02/2016 10:32:12 PM PST by Eagles6 (My weapons are lubricated by liberal tears.)
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I’m thinking that this lady probably has sons and nephews...and that this snowflake would rather be in prison than spend more than about 10 seconds with them.


20 posted on 12/02/2016 10:32:34 PM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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