A New Boston man is locked up in Schuylkill County Prison for assaulting a woman last week.According to Mahanoy Township Police Chief Brandon Alexander, on Thursday, January 23rd, 2020, while on patrol in the New Boston area of Mahanoy Township, near Mahanoy City, Alexander noticed a distressed female running towards his vehicle. The woman was bleeding from the mouth and crying.
The woman told police that Keith Kalkiewicz, of New Boston, had attacked her after she confronted him about a text message regarding him using drugs.
The woman was able to get free from the house to get help when she found Chief Alexander.
Through the investigation, police learned that after she had asked Kalkiewicz about the text message and this is when he had hit the her in the face, grabbed her by the hair, drug her by her hair, hit her head off steps, shoved a sock in her mouth, and threatened multiple times to kill her.
The woman was able to get a PFA on Kalkiewicz after the incident.
On the morning of Wednesday, January 29th, 2020, Kalkiewicz was taken into custody by Chief Alexander.
Kalkiewicz was charged by Chief Alexander with strangulation, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, making terroristic threats, and unlawful restraint.
Kalkiewicz was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Anthony Kilker, Shenandoah, and locked up in Schuylkill County Prison unable to post $100,000 straight cash bail.