Dubuque Man Arrested For Hitting Girlfriend With a Flashlight

A Dubuque man was arrested after police said he struck his girlfriend while holding a flashlight, causing a laceration that required 48 stitches. 39 year old John McFarland Jr. was arrested Wednesday on one charge each of willful injury causing serious injury, domestic assault with a weapon and possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of child endangerment. Reports say that McFarland assaulted 35 year old Tiffany Spark at their residence on Monday. In a report, a person told police that Spark’s two children were present at the time of the assault.