MAN CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

Bobby Joe Neal of Woodhill Apartments in Lincolnton has been charged with assaulting a female and other charges.

By Jon Mayhew (LINCOLNTON) -- A Lincolnton man is arrested by police after assaulting his girlfriend and giving officers a fake name.

The assault happened at the apartment of Bobby Joe Neal.

Police were called around 4:45am Sunday to Woodhill Apartments, where Neal at first told authorities "everything was OK."

According to Lt. Kenny Shrum, everything turned out not to be OK -- for Neal.

"We received information that the victim was at the Magistrate's Office taking out charges against Neal," said Shrum. "She also told us that he used a fake name."

When authorities confronted Neal by using his real name, they also discovered he had failure to appear charges from Mecklenburg County.

In the Lincoln incident, Neal was charged with assaulting a female; interfering with emergency communications and communicating threats.

He was taken to the Harven A. Crouse Detention Center under a $12,800 secured bond.