Roger A. Willits Jr., 59, of 442 Little League Road, Jersey Shore, was charged with simple assault and harassment after allegedly punching his wife multiple times in the face in the couple’s Limestone Township home about 10:15 a.m. on May 20, according to state police.

“There was fresh bruising under her left eye, and the left side of her face was swollen and red,” a trooper said in describing the woman’s injuries.

Following his arraignment before Solomon, Willits was jailed in lieu of $50,000 bail.

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