A Pembroke man was charged with using a bat to assault a man on Pardue Lane in Hopkinsville Saturday afternoon.
Hopkinsville Police say 36-year-old Dustin Austin went to the home with a bat and used it to break a lamp on the front porch then tried to push a man against an exterior wall.
During the altercation, The man was reportedly hit in the head with a bat.
Police say Austin told authorities he went to the home over threats being made to his son. Austin is charged with second-degree assault and third-degree criminal mischief.
