A 47-year-old Allentown man banned from Silhouettes Showbar in Coopersburg last week returned to the club Saturday night and assaulted a dancer in the parking lot outside, police said.
Thomas E. Cross of 2421 Allenbrook Drive showed up at the club at 111 E. Station Avenue Saturday night and was asked to leave, court papers say. Witnesses said Cross implied that he had a gun before leaving with a dancer, court papers say.
Once outside, Cross choked the woman, pulled her hair and hit her in the face, police said. When police officers arrived, Cross was inside a vehicle and had slurred speech, court papers say. The alleged incident happened at about 10:30 p.m. Investigators used video surveillance from the club to confirm details of the alleged assault, court papers say.
Cross was charged with simple assault, defiant trespass, drunken driving, harassment and summary driving offenses. He was taken to Lehigh County Prison under $15,000 bail following his Sunday morning arraignment.
"Cross was charged with simple assault"
As opposed to complicated assault which uses differential calculus