(Armstrong)– An investigation into an assault in Armstrong Tuesday landed several people in jail.
The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office says authorities were notified around 6:30 a.m. of an assault that had taken place at 305 1st Avenue. Upon arriving deputies and Armstrong police learned that two women had been assaulted there. The suspect was identified as 24-year-old Joshua McFadden of Sheldon. McFadden, who was also wanted for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, 23-year-old Alyssa LePaige of Sheldon, and his mother earlier the same morning, had fled by the time officers arrived. Upon investigating, officers arrested LePaige on two outstanding warrants from Lyon county.
Officers then went to 106 South 4th Avenue in Armstrong where they located McFadden, who was arrested in connection with the assaults and on outstanding warrants out of Lyon county.
While officers were in the home they observed what was believed to be drug paraphernalia. As a result, two residents, 35-year-old Chad Frietag and 40-year-old Beth Vogt were arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. All were booked into the Emmet county jail.
Authorities then obtained a search warrant on the home which turned up additional items of what’s alleged to be drug paraphernalia and controlled substances.
McFadden was charged with two counts of domestic abuse by strangulation…class “D” felonies; two counts of willful injury…also class “D” felonies; and one count each of possession of drug paraphernalia and obstruction of emergency communications…both simple misdemeanors.
Freitag and Vogt were charged with one count each of possession of prescription drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.
McFadden remains in the Emmet county jail on a cash or surety bond of $40,950; bond for Freitag and Vogt was set at $1,950 each cash or surety.
The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office and Armstrong police were assisted in the investigation by Emmet County Conservation.
