Anthony Douglas Elonis charged with assault

Anthony Douglas Elonis, 31, of Freemansburg, is charged Tuesday with simple assault related to allegedly striking a woman with a red metal pot in the kitchen of a home on Main Street in the borough. His previous case involving Facebook threats made via rap lyrics was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. (Courtesy photo)

(Courtesy photo)

Anthony Douglas Elonis, who was jailed after making Facebook threats in 2011 in the form of rap lyrics, was back behind bars Tuesday night, charged in an assault on a woman in a Freemansburg home, court papers say.

At 9:50 a.m. Tuesday, Maureen Kipp called borough police to report Elonis threw a red metal pot and hit her in the head in the kitchen at 138 Main St., court papers say.

Kipp had gone to the house to stay with her daughter, who lives there, until Elonis moved out, court papers say. Kipp, who owns the home, and Elonis argued about his leaving before the pot-throwing incident, court papers say.

Anthony Douglas Elonis is back behind bars after an altercation with a woman in a Freemansburg home.

Kipp had broken eyeglasses and a red bump on her forehead, court papers say.

Elonis is charged with simple assault and harassment, court papers say. He was arraigned in front of on-call District Judge John Capobianco and sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $5,000 bail, court papers say.

A preliminary hearing is tentatively scheduled 9 a.m. May 12 in District Judge Joseph Barner's Lower Nazareth Township court, court papers say.

Elonis -- who was sentenced to 40 months in prison after making threats in 2011 against his estranged wife, law enforcement officials and kindergarteners via rap lyrics on Facebook -- appealed that case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court heard arguments on Dec. 1 from the former Lower Saucon Township man's attorney and a deputy U.S. solicitor, but has yet to make issue a decision, according to Supreme Court records.



