Courtesy Photo­Image Austin Welch

On Wednesday afternoon, police responded to the 700 block of E. Philip on the report of an assault.

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A woman said her domestic partner Austin M. Welch, 19, had struck her several times, causing pain and injury.

Welch was gone, but police found him and charged him with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, Police Information Officer Rodney Brown said.