Man Charged with Assaulting a Blind Man
By: Mechell Dixon
Updated: March 2, 2013
Twenty eight year old James Welty of Olney also remains in jail tonight after Wichita Falls police arrest him for beating up a blind man.
According to an affidavit, Welty was at a house on Kessler Boulevard last Tuesday demanding money from two people.
The affidavit states and argument with one man escalated when Welty started pummeling the man with his fists then hit him in the head with an airsoft gun.
Welty was arrested and charged with injury to a child, elderly or disabled person / family violence.
His bond is $100,000.


