(File Photo of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Police recently confirmed that an alleged assault of a man with mental disabilities happened at his apartment on Mill Street in Aliquippa on and around Christmas of this year. Police state that a neighbor who lives at the apartment called 911 on Sunday and told them an older man who lived there was assaulted by a woman identified by police as James-Lea Joann Glenn. The neighbor told police on Christmas that she saw Glenn press a lit cigarette into his face to extinguish it. Police also expressed that the victim told them Glenn punched the back of his head on Christmas, then the next day, said she hit him with what police said was a metal candle lid. Police have noted Glenn confessed to the assault. In addition to this incident, another man, Cody Perich, was taken to jail on drug charges. Glenn and Perich are both due in court on January 8th, 2026.