Crime & Safety

Woman Jailed in Barbell Assault

Police say Brandi Smith hit her brother during a fight.

A Hanover Township woman is accused of hitting her brother in the head with a five-pound dumbbell at his Easton home shortly before noon Saturday, according to court papers.

Brandi D. Smith, 33, got violent with her brother, Carl Brown, during an argument, at 261 E. Wilkes-Barre St., according to the arrest warrant. She allegedly punched Brown in the head several times, bit him in the arm and finally grabbed a five-pound dumbbell and hit him in the forehead with it.

Smith was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment. She was committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail following her arraignment before District Justice Nancy Matos-Gonzalez of Bethlehem.

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