Man draws jail for assaulting Lansdale housemate
NORRISTOWN >> A former Lansdale man will be under court supervision for several years after he admitted to assaulting another man in the borough residence they were sharing.
Quincy Gray Thomas, 48, formerly of the 600 block of North Broad Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 11½ to 23 months in the county jail after he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of simple assault and recklessly endangering another person in connection with a September 2020 incident at the North Broad Street residence.
Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy, who accepted a plea agreement in the case, also ordered Thomas to complete two years’ probation consecutive to parole, meaning Thomas will be under court supervision for about four years.
As conditions of the sentence, the judge ordered that Thomas be evaluated for anger management counseling. The judge also ordered Thomas to have no contact with the victim.
Other charges of aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and harassment were dismissed against Thomas as part of the plea agreement.
An investigation began about 8:16 a.m. Sept. 1, 2020, when Lansdale police responded to the North Broad Street residence for a report of a disturbance. When police arrived they encountered a male victim whose face appeared bruised, according to the criminal complaint filed by Lansdale Police Officer Richard Kruppenbach.
“(The victim) had injuries all over his face and head to include swelling, bumps, cuts and scratches. His eyes were dark black and blue and both eyes were almost completely swollen shut,” Kruppenbach alleged. “(The victim) advised he was punched in the face by a male subject that he was letting stay with him recently.”
The victim claimed the roommate, later identified as Thomas, struck him at least two times in the face with a closed fist. The victim told police that Thomas, who had left the residence before police arrived, initially would not let him leave the residence or call for help. The victim reported being “scared,” Kruppenbach wrote in the arrest affidavit.
A short time later, police caught up with Thomas at the Lansdale Train Station on West Main Street. As police approached Thomas, he made unsolicited statements about the incident at the residence and allegedly uttered, “I know it looks bad” and “I know I should not have done that,” according to court papers.
Thomas told police he had been living at the residence for about a month and claimed the altercation erupted after the victim called him a racial epithet. Thomas allegedly added he was “trying to tolerate (the victim) but advised he could not stand this any longer and went after him,” according to the arrest affidavit.
The victim did seek medical treatment for his injuries in the emergency room of a local hospital, police said.
By pleading guilty to simple assault, Thomas admitted that he attempted to cause or intentionally or recklessly caused bodily injury to another person.