Story out of Toleto, Ohio:
A local Christian radio station music director is accused of slapping a stranger on the butt in the women’s bathroom of a Target store.
Mark Wayne Howington, 52, of Maumee faces charges of simple assault, obstructing official business, and carrying a concealed weapon. He was arrested Thursday, appeared in court Friday on the charges, and was released from the Lucas County jail on Saturday after posting a $1,000 bond.
Mr. Howington is one half of the morning show on Proclaim FM, WPOS-FM 102.3 in Holland, a Christian radio station. He also serves as the music director. A station employee said Tuesday that Mr. Howington is on leave from the station and referred comment to Barry Fissel, an attorney for Eastman & Smith.
According to police affidavits, a woman said she was entering the women’s bathroom of Target, 817 W. Alexis St., on Thursday when the door was “violently pulled” inward by Mr. Howington, who was inside the bathroom. As she passed him, Mr. Howington “slapped her butt cheek really hard,” according to the police report. The woman said she does not know Mr. Howington.
In an interview with The Blade, the woman said that she was at Target at about 5 p.m. with her niece shopping for Valentine’s Day and birthday gifts for her husband when she went to the bathroom. When the door opened suddenly and a man appeared, she briefly thought she was at the wrong bathroom but tried to walk past the man when she realized it was the women’s.
When she was hit on the left side of her butt, she said, she went to a manager and asked for security, while the man who smacked her quickly left the store. Cont.
Story from - The Blade
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