PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A man who police say has no permanent address faces two domestic assault charges, one of them a felony, after police were called to a disturbance in the basement apartment of 67 Ring St. Monday night.

Daniel Descoteaux was charged with felony domestic assault and simple domestic assault. Police said he has been living in the apartment with two roommates, a woman, 29, that he has been dating for three years, and a man, 33.

They told police that Descoteaux had come home drunk with a woman, 37, that he announced was his new girlfriend. He and his female roommate argued, then began to wrestle, and fell to the floor. Descoteaux's roommates told police that he grabbed his ex-girlfriend's hair and slammed her head onto the floor several times before the male roommate broke them apart.

Descoteaux then slept for about an hour, the victims said, then threatened to "square up" with the male roommate, who had been asleep on the couch. Descoteaux charged at him with a 7-foot spear, sharpened at both ends, police said, but the man grabbed and broke the spear. Both roommates got the spear away from Descoteaux, they told police, and the male called 911. The female roommate told police Descoteaux cut himself with a knife to make it look like he was hurt in an assault.

When police arrived, Descoteaux displayed minor cuts on his chest and yelled, "look what they did to me," the police report said.

The female roommate had a swollen and cut face and pain in her head and elbow. The male roommate had a swollen hand and pain where he had been punched, police said. Both declined treatment.

Descoteaux was arraigned Tuesday in District Court, Providence, and held for lack of surety bail.

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