Butler Township police Sunday night arrested a teenager they say attacked his girlfriend with a hammer, breaking her forearm and causing facial and other injuries, during an alleged assault at a motel where the couple had been staying.

The defendant, 19-year-old Damien M. Large, is also accused of hitting the victim with his hand, which knocked out two of her teeth, police said. The 33-year-old victim was treated for a number of injuries at Butler Memorial Hospital.

District Judge Kevin O'Donnell arraigned Large on felony charges of aggravated assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and misdemeanor charges of terroristic threats, reckless endangerment, simple assault and strangulation.

He was placed in the Butler County Prison on $50,000 bond following arraignment.

This is an excerpt from a story that appears in Tuesday's Butler Eagle.