Man arrested over baseball bat death

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A man accused of beating his dad to death with a baseball bat on Father’s Day was arrested Friday on a Jersey shore boardwalk, officials said. Michael Marchalk, 37, was taken into custody after Atlantic City police officers spotted him, according to Attorney General Josh Shapiro.

He is being held at the Atlantic County Justice Facility, pending further proceedings.

Police say Marchalk had repeatedly threatened 60-year-old Gary Marchalk in recent months. The suspect had lived with his father in Barnesville, Penn., a few days before the beating and was supposed to enter a drug treatment program Monday.