Hammer Time: Man Attacks Girlfriend Over Take-Out Food
Albert Ellison has been charged with attempted murder
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A 30-year-old woman is dead after being brutally beaten with a hammer in North Philadelphia early Friday morning.
An elderly Miami man is in jail after he allegedly attacked his girlfriend with a hammer over who was going to pay for dinner.
Albert Richard Ellison, 75, has been charged with attempted murder for his hammer time attack on Channel Williams on Aug. 30.
According to the police report, Ellison became enraged after Williams asked him for money to pay for some take-out food.
It's unclear when Ellison grabbed the hammer, but he hit the woman several times on the face and arm before he dropped the hammer.
But the attack wasn't over.
Police said he choked the woman and then punched her in the face. Williams was admitted to the hospital with multiple bruises and later released.
Ellison is still in a Miami-Dade county jail cell on $25,000 bond.
Posted Thursday, Sep 2, 2010 - 1:57 PM EST
