Domestic Dispute Involving Meat Grinder Lands Husband and Wife in Prison

A domestic dispute involving a meat grinder landed both husband and wife in Schuylkill County Prison over the weekend.

State Police-Schuylkill Haven were dispatched to a home in Port Carbon at about 1 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 24, for a report of a domestic disturbance.

When police arrived, John Corcoran told them that he and his wife had gotten into an argument after they’d been drinking and smoking meth.

The argument went from verbal to physical.

John Corcoran says his wife, Marcella, hit him in the back of the head with a meat grinder during the course of their scrum. Prior to that, Marcella said her husband had punched her in the face so she hit him with the meat grinder.

Marcella also told police that her husband grabbed her and shoved her to the ground during the course of the fight but doesn’t remember much after that. John related that his wife bit him in the chest and wrist. Marcella said she did that to get John off of her.

Police observed numerous injuries to each person as a result of the fight.

John had a large laceration on the back of his head and a laceration on his wrist. He also had a bruise with teeth marks on his chest.

Marcella had a laceration on her right arm along with a shoe print and bruising on her lower back. She also had bruising on the left side of her face.

Police arrested both husband and wife following the incident.

John Corcoran has been charged with a second-degree misdemeanor count of simple assault and summary harassment charge. He was arraigned before District Magistrate Edward Tarantelli, who remanded him to Schuylkill County Prison on 10% of $15,000 bail.

Marcella Corcoran has been charged with a first-degree felony for aggravated assault, a second-degree misdemeanor for simple assault, and a summary harassment charge.

She was also arraigned before Tarantelli, who sent her to Schuylkill County Prison on $15,000 cash bail.

Neither Corcoran has posted bail.

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