WEST UNION, W.Va. (WBOY) — A man has been charged after allegedly hitting a victim in the head with a shovel multiple times in Doddridge County.

On April 14, troopers with the Doddridge County detachment of the West Virginia State Police received a call for assistance at a residence on Orchard Street in West Union, according to a criminal complaint.

When troopers arrived, they made contact with a victim who had “a large gaping laceration to the left side of his head,” and the victim stated that “he was hit on the head on two occasions with a shovel,” and that it was Richard Ogden, 44, of Stockport, Ohio, who struck him, troopers said.

A witness at the scene stated that the victim and Ogden had gotten into a physical altercation at the Orchard Street residence, and during that time Ogden “retrieved a shovel from the back seat of his vehicle” and then “struck the victim in the head two times,” according to the complaint.

Ogden has been charged with malicious assault. He is being held in North Central Regional Jail.

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