The Boalsburg woman accused of burning her boyfriend with boiling water faces a new felony charge.
Lesa Harriott, 38, originally only faced misdemeanor simple assault and a minor harassment charge. But after a preliminary hearing last week, Magisterial District Judge Kelley Gillette-Walker slapped Harriott with an additional felony aggravated assault charge.
According to court documents, Harriott now awaits a formal arraignment on July 17. She is being held in the Centre County Correctional Facility on $150,000 bail.
The charges stem from an incident earlier this month. According to court documents, police responded to a call in Boalsburg on July 2. Police found the caller in the parking lot of the Unimart on Boal Avenue, reportedly suffering from “an obvious wound” and moaning in pain.
The man told police that he and his girlfriend Harriott had been arguing in their nearby apartment when the dispute grew heated.
Harriott allegedly approached the man as he laid on their bed and doused him in scalding hot water. The man reportedly had to be taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center, where police say a doctor concluded he suffered second degree burns on his chest and arm.
Harriott has been held at the Centre County Correctional Facility since the alleged assault.
She also faces an unrelated DUI charge in Patton Township that is pending before the court.
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