Police: Pennsylvania woman faces assault charge after beating man with frying pan

Police say Pa. woman beat man with frying pan

PHILIPSBURG, Pa. — Police said a woman faces charges after she hit a man in the head with a large frying pan. Police said the woman, 50-year-old Kimberly Denocheck, hit a 48-year-old man in the head with the pan around 7:25 p.m. Saturday at an apartment in Philipsburg, near State College. Police said the man, whose name wasn’t released, suffered an abrasion on his head.

Police said the man, whose name wasn’t released, suffered an abrasion on his head.

The woman was taken to the Centre County Correctional Facility to be arraigned on charges of simple assault and harassment.

It was not immediately clear if Denocheck had an attorney.

Information from: Centre Daily Times, www.centredaily.com