A Lancaster man slammed two children against a bed and grabbed their mother during a domestic disturbance in Manor Township that ended with a knife being wrestled from his hands, according to Manor Township police.
Roberto Carlos Cruz Aviles, 44, was charged with six counts of simple assault, two counts of endangering the welfare of children, criminal mischief and theft by unlawful taking.
The altercation took place at 2:17 a.m. on April 25 in a residence in the 200 block of Talon Drive, according to an affidavit of probable cause. Cruz Aviles grabbed the 34-year-old woman by a towel wrapped around her body and pinched her, then slammed the two juvenile children onto a bed, grabbing one of them by the throat and the other by the arms in the process.