HAMMOND, Ind. (STMW) — A Hammond, Ind. man has been charged with two counts of battery after authorities said he struck his girlfriend’s daughter’s boyfriend in the head with a shovel.
Clarence A. McKinney, 50, who also uses the name Clarence D. McKinney, faces a maximum eight-year sentence on the charges, handed down in Lake County Superior Court.
Authorities said the victim was on the back porch with his girlfriend on Aug. 10 in the 4500 block of Henry Avenue and gave her a hug, provoking McKinney.
An argument ensued, and McKinney walked to his truck. The victim said McKinney hit him with a shovel, causing a scalp laceration and a fracture in his head.
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