(WNY News Now) – A 20-year-old Jamestown man faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree harassment following a reported domestic dispute on the city’s Southside. Police said the infant involved was not injured.

A 20-year-old Jamestown man was taken into custody Tuesday after police responded to a reported physical domestic incident involving a woman holding a 3-month-old infant.

According to the Jamestown Police Department, officers responded to a Southside address at approximately 11:50 a.m. on October 13, 2026.

An investigation determined that Jason R. Hines allegedly struck a female victim in the face while she was holding the infant, police reported.

The child was not injured, according to authorities.

Hines was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Jamestown City Jail.

He faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree harassment. Hines is being held pending arraignment in Jamestown City Court. As are all persons accused of a crime, the accused is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.