An Aiken man is facing accusations of assaulting a woman with a beer can Tuesday night.
Nathaniel Lewis, 58, was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and battery.
Aiken Department of Public Safety officers were on patrol on Richland Avenue at Kershaw Street at 6 p.m. when they were flagged down by a woman who was bleeding from her lip, according to police.
The woman was frantic and kept repeating a man named "Sammy" had "hit her upside her face with a beer can," according to reports.
She was pointing to a man wearing a yellow hat, carrying a can of Steel Reserve beer and walking on Kershaw Street, police said.
Lewis denied the accusations, police said. Officers noted Lewis' speech was slurred, and they detected the strong odor of alcohol.
Officers spoke with several witnesses who backed up the woman's story.
Lewis was transported to the Aiken County detention center, where he remained Wednesday.
