Mercer Faces Assault Charge

Tue., Dec. 26, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

Former Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Ray Mercer has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend.

Mercer was charged with hitting Kim Melvin, 25, in the head after Fayetteville police were called to the home that Mercer and Melvin share about 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

Melvin was treated by ambulance workers.

Mercer, 34, was taken to the Cumberland County Jail and ordered to stay there for 48 hours, as required by the state’s domestic-violence law. He is scheduled to go before a magistrate today for a bond hearing on the misdemeanor charge of assault of a female.

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