Scranton police arrested a city man after he assaulted a woman during a domestic dispute and then fled from officers, according to a criminal complaint.
At about 11 a.m. on Tuesday, officers responded to a Kennedy Street residence for the report of an assault.
Dispatchers told police the man had fled the scene, with a cross-body bag that might contain a firearm.
Stephany Jiminez told officers Christopher Jiminez got upset because she asked him to move out during an argument and attacked her.
Police noted Stephany Jiminez had injuries consistent with having been attacked, including a cut lip.
Officers searching for Christopher Jiminez encountered a witness who said Jiminez had attempted to dump items in the area, tried to sell a computer tower and then fled toward the creek on Ballau Avenue.
Shortly afterward, Chief Thomas Carroll found Jiminez at the intersection of Leggett and Loop streets and arrested him.
When officers asked Jiminez if he had a weapon, he denied having one, but then added that he might have had an airsoft gun in his bag.
A search of the creek yielded a cross-body bag, an airsoft handgun and the computer tower.
Police found a baggie, a small amount of marijuana and a scale inside the bag.
Jiminez is charged with assault, harassment and possession of drug paraphernalia.
He remains at Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on March 24 before District Judge Paul Keeler.