State Rep. Bob Young (R-Green) crashed through a glass storm door, pushing passed a relative who blocked the state lawmaker from reaching other family members, according to police reports released to the Beacon Journal Tuesday.
The reports from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office include officer accounts of what witnesses, including a child, said about Young’s alleged assaults last week on two family members.
Young pleaded not guilty Saturday to the two misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and one felony count of disrupting public services after the two-term state lawmaker allegedly stopped a female family member from calling police for help after she said he slapped her in the face.
Young’s attorney said Monday there will be no comment at this time. A Summit County grand jury will decide whether Young should be indicted on the felony charge, which would send the case to Summit County Common Pleas Court.
The allegations of domestic violence began at 1 a.m. Friday at Young’s house on Greensburg Road, where a party was held after a GOP fundraiser, according to the police reports. Ohio House Speaker Jason Stephens, who attended the party but said he left before the alleged domestic disturbance, has called for Young’s resignation.
A child in the home who was awakened by arguing looked out a window to see Young slap a female family member in the face, according to the police report. The child also saw Young throw the women’s phone into the swimming pool when “she told Young she was going to call 911.”
The report states that the arguing began between Young and a friend of the female family member. The female family member then put her hand over Young’s face. The lawmaker allegedly grabbed the woman’s arm and struck the left side of her face with an open hand.
That prompted the woman to flee Young’s house. She arrived around 2 a.m. at a relative’s home about a mile away. Eight hours later, Young showed up at the relative’s house.
The relative met Young on the front stoop, where the second allegation of domestic violence occurred.
The relative “told Robert (Bob) that he was not welcome and was not allowed to enter the house. At which point, Robert lowered his shoulder and charged at (the relative) in an attempt to enter the home without permission. At the point of initial contact, a scuffle ensued, (the relative) defended himself, pushed back on Robert and Robert went through the glass storm door,” the police report states.
Police say the relative sustained cuts from the broken glass.
In court Saturday, Barberton Municipal Judge Todd McKenney banned Young from returning to the Greensburg Road home. The restraining order requires Young to have no contact with the female victim and to relinquish all deadly weapons in his possession to authorities pending the outcome of the case.
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The male family member who alleged that Young attacked him on his front stoop did not request a restraining order, but police filed for one on his behalf. Young works with this relative at their family business, Young’s Auction House in Springfield. The judge asked Young and the relative “to find a way to make (the restraining order) work the best that you can.”
