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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Bridgewater Borough, PA) A man from Beaver was apprehended by troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver after he assaulted his wife in Bridgewater Borough on Friday. Thirty-four-year-old Derek Hays committed an act of domestic violence against his wife, twenty-six-year-old Lilia Hays at a residence on 1311 Market Street. Lilia went towards a window and jumped out of it after the incident occurred. Public drunkenness was the reason that Derek is now in the Beaver County Jail. According to police, a felony warrant that was temporary was entered for Derek and charges were filed against him.