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A Wichita Falls man who claimed he was assaulted by another man with a hammer is the one who ended up in jail Wednesday.

Frank Stuart Nixon Jr., is charged assault family violence and giving a false report to a police officer. He was in Wichita County Jail Thursday in lieu of $2,500 bond.

Wichita Falls Police Sgt. Harold McClure said officers were called out to the intersection of Blanton and McCutchen in the Faith Village area at about 11 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a man being assaulted. When officers arrived they found a man, identified as Nixon, sitting on the curb holding a piece of clothing to his head. The officers noticed there was blood on the material.

Nixon told police officers that two men jumped out of a pickup truck and one of them struck him in the head with a hammer. He was transported to United Regional Health Care System for treatment.

While at the hospital, officers continued to interview Nixon about the incident. He told officers that he and the assailant had previous confrontations. He said he and the alleged attacker had been texting back and forth that morning and the man told Nixon that he'd put him in the hospital again.

An emergency room nurse contacted the officer and told him that a female was needing to talk to him regarding the incident. The officer called the female, who told the officer an entirely different story of what happened.

The woman said that Nixon's story was fake and that the wound to his head was self-inflicted, the result of Nixon hitting himself with a cinder block. She said Nixon got mad when she would not leave with him.

The female also sustained scratches to her face when she was attempting to make a phone call when Nixon was mad. She said Nixon grabbed the phone from her, causing the scratches.