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Two arrested for beating woman on front porch of her home

By WJBD Staff Apr 28, 2022 | 11:42 AM

Centralia Police arrested two people who reportedly jumped out of a car and attacked a third woman as she sat on her front porch during the noon hour on Wednesday.

23-year-old Megan Alvey of Bicknell Street in Centralia and a 14-year-old female juvenile from Centralia reportedly struck the victim, Brittany Stephens of the 400 block of South Hickory Street, in the head with a crowbar or some other type of tool. Stephens was taken to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital for treatment of injuries.

Alvey was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and taken to the Marion County Jail. The juvenile was given a notice to appear.

The two arrested had allegedly been involved in an earlier incident with Stephens.