Man charged with assaulting woman in Donnelsville ID’d

Clark County Sheriff’s Office deputies have identified the man accused of assaulting his girlfriend on Halloween and then calling 911 to claim she was hit by a car.

Theodore Beach, 30, of New Carlisle, pleaded not guilty tofelonious assault and domestic violence charges in a Clark County Municipal Court arraignment Monday morning. He is booked in the Clark County Jail on $16,000 bond.

The victim suffered “significant” but not life-threatening injuries and went to Miami Valley Hospital, according to the sheriff’s report.

Deputies said their investigation led them to believe she was hurt in an assault and not as a result of the alleged vehicle strike that Beach reported.