Eugene Man Arrested After Stick Assault on Child

A 30-year-old Eugene man, Collin McPherson Lounsbury, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon after police said he chased children playing “ding-dong ditch” at an apartment complex and struck a 9-year-old boy in the face with a sharpened wooden stick. The child was taken to a hospital, and a witness said the man also swung at a girl but missed. Police in other cities have warned about a more destructive “door kick” prank trend, though authorities described the incident as stemming from ding-dong ditch. Separate reports described an unrelated Eugene wrong-way DUI crash and a home break-in assault; they are not part of this incident.