Cold meds spat prompts acid attack, cops say
Daryl Charles Vaughan, 36, is in York County Prison on $50,000 bail.
When a woman accused her boyfriend of loving a nasal decongestant more than her, his response was to throw acid on her face, according to charging documents.
Daryl Charles Vaughan, 36, whose address is listed as the York County Prison, 3400 Concord Road, Springettsbury Township, is facing a charge of strangulation, two counts of simple assault and one count of harassment.
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Vaughan, who had been in York County Prison on a possession with intent to deliver charge since Feb. 23, was arraigned on the charges and now has a total bail of $150,000, according to the prison.
On Feb. 22, police interviewed victim Sabrina Dixon about an alleged argument and assault that occurred at the hands of her boyfriend, Vaughan, on Feb. 19 in Peach Bottom Township.
"Dixon related that she loves Daryl so much and that she never expected in a million years that he would put hands on her," documents state.
She told police the marks on her chin were not from her picking at her skin, but were from Vaughan hitting her and throwing lye acid on her, documents state.
Dixon said that while she and Vaughan were inside a barn in the 200 block of Wiley Road, she had accused him of loving Sudafed, a nasal decongestant, more than her.
Vaughan then pushed her over a table, threw the acid on her, and hit her in the face, causing her nose and mouth to bleed, documents state.
Dixon sprayed Vaughan with a hose and then ran outside, yelling for someone to call 911. Vaughan followed her, grabbed her by the hair and dragged her back inside the barn, documents state.
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Also during the alleged assault, Vaughan choked her until she nearly passed out. In addition to the marks on her face, Dixon had a bump on the back of her head, a swollen big toe, and marks on her legs that she said were from the acid, documents state.
Vaughan was placed in York County Prison on Tuesday. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled before District Judge Laura S. Manifold on March 15.
Contact reporter Ted Czech at 717-771-2033.