BUCKS COUNTY COURTS

Most serious charge withdrawn at preliminary hearing against man accused of bashing man's head with broken end table

Jordan Handschuh, of the 10th block of Yarrow Court, Hilltown, also had a charge of summary harassment withdrawn

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Jordan Handschuh, of the 10th block of Yarrow Court, Hilltown, also had a charge of summary harassment withdrawn

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The most serious of three offenses -- aggravated assault to cause serious bodily injury with extreme indifference -- was withdrawn against a Hilltown Township man at a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, in connection with an altercation in which he allegedly attacked and injured a man with a broken end table.

Jordan Handschuh, 31, of the 10th block of Yarrow Court, also had a charge of summary harassment withdrawn, but a misdemeanor charge of simple assault-mutual consent fighting was held for arraignment for February in Bucks County Common Pleas Court.

On Oct. 19 at 8:02 p.m., police were dispatched to Handschuh’s home, where a victim reported he was struck in the head with a table, per the complaint.

Upon arrival, police found the victim laying on the floor, severely bleeding from a large gash on the top of his head, police said.

The victim told police he got into an argument with Handschuh, which turned into a physical fight between them, per the affidavit. 

The victim got stuck between a bed and the wall, at which point Handschuh allegedly began kicking and punching him, before picking up a broken end table and swinging it at the victim’s head.

Handschuh is free on 10% of $8,000 cash bail, per court documents.

All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.


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Tony Di Domizio is the Managing Editor of NorthPennNow, PerkValleyNow, and CentralBucksNow, and a staff writer for WissNow. Email him at tony@northpennnow.com. Tony graduated from Kutztown University, under the tutelage of Dr. Matthew Nesvisky and Dr. Heather Thomas, and went on to serve as a reporter and editor for various news organizations, including Lansdale Patch/AOL, The Reporter in Lansdale, Pa., and the weekly Chronicle news editions of The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. A fourth-generation Lansdalian, he was born and raised in and around the Borough, including Little Italy, and attended North Penn High School, graduating in 1998. He once interviewed Jesse Spano in the back of a limousine outside North Penn High School.