<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1vWMBn_1Gv0t60u00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1vWMBn_1Gv0t60u00" width="1280" height="720" ></figure><p>EUGENE, Ore. - A Eugene man was arrested Saturday night after he chased down a 9-year-old boy and hit him in the face with a large wooden stick, according to the Eugene Police Department.</p><p>EPD officials said the child was playing Ding-Dong-Ditch with a group of kids at apartments on Lincoln Street over the last couple of days. At one apartment, a man came out and chased down the group. Police identified the man as Collin McPherson Lounsbury, 30. He caught up to the 9-year-old and struck him in the face with the stick. The stick was described as solid wood, one-and-a-half inches in diameter, two feet long and sharpened at one end.</p><p>A witness said Lounsbury also swung the stick at a girl in the group but missed. The 9-year-old was taken to the hospital.</p><p>Lounsbury was booked into the Lane County Jail on charges of second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon. Jail records show he is in custody as of Nov. 9.</p></div></body>

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EUGENE, Ore. - A Eugene man was arrested Saturday night after he chased down a 9-year-old boy and hit him in the face with a large wooden stick, according to the Eugene Police Department. EPD officials said the child was playing Ding-Dong-Ditch with a group of kids at apartments on...

Eugene man jailed for hitting 9-year-old with stick

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EUGENE, Ore. - A Eugene man was arrested Saturday night after he chased down a 9-year-old boy and hit him in the face with a large wooden stick, according 

Eugene man jailed for hitting 9-year-old with stick

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