CENTRALIA — Bail has been set at $50,000 for a 38-year-old Centralia man charged in Marion County Court Thursday with felony battery for an alleged incident that sent a woman to the hospital with facial injuries.
(Source: MCSO)
According to police, Brian Hartnell was arrested after a woman jumped from his moving van at Walnut and 16th Street Wednesday night when she spotted a Centralia police officer on patrol.
The woman was reportedly bleeding from the face and told the officer that Hartnell had punched her in the face multiple times, choked her, and threatened to kill her.
She had reportedly been walking to Wamac and accepted a ride from Hartnell. She told police that Hartnell became angry when she wouldn’t help unload a van and trailer.
Hartnell; however, told police he struck the woman to prevent her from taking his van.
He was formally charged Thursday with Class 3 felony aggravated battery including strangling. He’s next scheduled to appear in court September 28 for a first appearance.
This was the third felony case filed this year against Hartnell in Marion County Court. In June he was charged with Class 2 felony burglary, and in July with Class 4 felony criminal damage to property,
Hartnell had the public defender appointed to represent him. If he is released on bond, he was ordered to have no contact with the woman and to abstain from drugs and alcohol.