Randolph, N.Y., man jailed for sexual assault charges
A Randolph, N.Y., man is in McKean County Jail due an alleged sexual assault from 2019.
Tristan Holdridge, 24, was arraigned June 7 before District Judge Richard Luther on charges of sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault without consent, second-degree felonies; and indecent assault without consent, a second-degree misdemeanor.
According to the court records, on April 12, 2019, Holdridge came to the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, and he and a female went to the female’s apartment. The female told him that she was not interested in sexual conduct.
Holdridge allegedly started to touch and kiss the female; she did not kiss him back and she told him no. He had sexual intercourse with her, during which she told him “no” and that it hurt multiple times, the criminal complaint alleged.
Holdridge is in McKean County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday.
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Cyclone man accused in assault
A Cyclone man is facing charges stemming from an alleged assault over the weekend.
Charles A. Nelson, 25, of 101 Pithole Road, was arraigned Saturday before District Judge Dominic Cercone on charges of strangulation, a second-degree felony; simple assault, a second-degree misdemeanor; and summary charges of dangerous burning, harassment, and disorderly conduct.
According to the criminal complaint, at 3:10 a.m. Saturday, Lewis Run-based state police were dispatched to Pithole Road for a report of a physical domestic dispute. A trooper arrived to find a pile of clothing burning in the road.
Nelson told the officer that he and a female got into an argument about him having physical contact with another female, and she pushed him. Nelson said he pushed the female into a wall, court records stated.
Meanwhile, the female told police she saw Nelson kiss another female at a bar, so she called someone to pick her up. Back at the Pithole Road home, she started packing things into a suitcase, but Nelson knocked the suitcase to the floor, grabbed the items that fell out and lit them on fire in the roadway, according to the complaint.
He allegedly came back inside and pushed her against the wall, and the female went outside. Outside, Nelson grabbed her by the throat with both hands, picked her up, slammed her on the ground and knelt on her stomach, the complaint alleged. He took off his own clothes and added them to the fire.
Nelson is free on $25,000 unsecured bail, and a preliminary hearing is set for June 28.
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Assault charges against East Smethport man bound to court
An East Smethport man who is accused of strangling someone and threatening her with a hatchet had all charges against him bound to McKean County Court at a preliminary hearing before District Judge David Engman.
Daniel W. Brecht, 47, is charged with strangulation and aggravated assault-attempts to cause or causes bodily injury with a deadly weapon, second-degree felonies; terroristic threats, a first-degree misdemeanor; simple assault, a second-degree misdemeanor; and summary charges of harassment and disorderly conduct.
The complaint alleged that on June 1, Brecht choked a female several times and put a hatchet to her throat, threatening to kill her. She escaped to get help.
Brecht is in McKean County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.
