Indiana Borough Police have charged a Vandergrift man with simple assault, strangulation and other crimes for an incident on Monday at a home on South Sixth Street.
Police say that they were called out at 7:39 AM for the incident in the 300 block of South 6th Street for a domestic assault. Police say Richard Leasure assaulted the victim and strangled her. He is now in Indiana County Jail in lieu of posting $10,000 cash bail.
