A homeless man was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly punching a man in the face in a dispute over a cell phone in the Kronberg Trailer Park.
Donald LeRoy McChesney Jr., 42, of no fixed abode was charged with assault causing bodily injury and possession of drug paraphernalia and arrested on a Dallas County warrant for probation violation on an original charge of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon.
The incident began about 9:45 p.m. in the 500 block of Fourth Street, where officers of the Perry Police Department responded to a report of an assault in progress.
The arriving officers “observed the victim with blood on his hands and coming from his mouth,” according to court records.
The victim told the officers that McChesney allegedly “struck him with a closed fist” and “that the altercation occurred over a cell phone,” and McChesney “took his phone from him,” according to court records.
The officers observed on the victim “a laceration to his lip, noticeable swelling to his lip and damage to the wall in the trailer,” according to court records.
A witness to the incident confirmed that McChesney “struck the victim with a closed fist in the face.”
The Dallas County EMS responded and treated the victim at the scene.
McChesney is held in the Dallas County Jail on a $1,000 cash or surety bond. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing April 15 in Dallas County District Court.
McChesney was arrested in Adel on charges of disarming a peace officer and assault on persons in certain occupations in August 2016, but the charges were later dismissed in Dallas County District Court. He was arrested in Adel on a charge of assault in October 2016, but the charge was later dismissed in Dallas County District Court. He was convicted of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon in 2020 in Dallas County District Court. He was convicted of assault while displaying a dangerous weapon in 2021 in Dallas County District Court.
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
As I write this, I am crying. This is what happens due to the meth problem we have in our town. There needs to be a better mental health system, not 30 days treatment or jail. That does nothing for someone who needs help. I hope no one has to go through this with a family member. I will always love you, son. You are always in my prayers.
Worse, I’m the wife to that a****** he hit in the face. In my opinion, he didn’t do it good enough, and he should be awarded a medal of honor because somebody finally sat there and stood up to him other than me.
I am the witness in the photo. I understand that your husband, Jill, has done some bad things in his past, but let me tell you this: no human deserves to live the rest of their life paying a debt that they have already paid. This man has served his time. He is changing his life for the better everyday. He’s a good guy, and he just keeps moving forward even if it’s small steps. He bought a home here and has taken pride in doing good things for himself and people around him. He has turned his life to the good, and he didn’t deserve for that guy to inflict such horror on him. This town does have a horrible problem with drugs, but sadly this town don’t have proper help for these people to overcome their addictions, which are of drugs, alcohol, gambling and so on. This town has it all from what I have seen. God has forgiveness for our sins, so why can’t all humans do the same forgiveness and start helping those who are weak. Maybe this world would be a much better world. Instead of hindering the weak, start helping them without judgment. We are all damaged in one way or another. Stop judging others who are already judging themselves.
But yet you judge my son. Maybe he needs help as well. . . I don’t condone his actions. I do know some kind of mind-altering substance had to be involved.
You obviously don’t know Tommy. I would love to give Donald a huge hug.
For one thing, Diana, it was my grandmother that bought that house not him. Second, he had not served all of this time yet, plus he still hasn’t been sentenced for some of it and has court hearings coming up for the women he beat after me and the one just this past February 1, 2022. Look it up. He always was a good man, always is when alcohol and drugs are not involved and a great father, but don’t be fooled. You say for somebody to inflict horror such as that woman, you have no idea what that man has done and what others have done to him, so that’s mild compared to it all in the big picture of it all.