A former Scottdale woman was left with a serious eye injury last year after she was attacked by two people she didn’t know, according to testimony.

Shyanne Hawk, 20, of Derry had a baseball bat to protect herself during the fight Jan. 8, 2019, outside her Scottdale home, but testified Wednesday that it slipped out of her hands. Dezarea Lilley, 22, of Uniontown picked it up, Hawk said.

“That’s when Dezarea had grabbed the bat and hit me over the face with it,” she testified. “After she assaulted me, she left.”

District Judge Charles Moore ordered charges of aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, conspiracy and related offenses held for court after a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Hawk described the assault that she said was sparked by an argument between her and another woman.

Lilley allegedly sent threatening messages to Hawk moments before police said she and co-defendant James Jordan, 21, of Uniontown, arrived at Hawk’s Mulberry Street home around 5 p.m. Jordan is accused of punching Hawk.

She was hospitalized after the assault. She is awaiting eye surgery. “Since Jan. 8, I’ve not been able to use my right eye,” Hawk testified.

She said she identified Jordan and Lilley from photos provided by police.

Defense attorney Tim Dawson said after the hearing that Lilley has an alibi.

“My client claims she wasn’t in Scottdale,” he said. “She claims to be in South Carolina at the time of these charges.”

He expects the case to go to trial.

“My client adamantly denies these charges,” he said. “It could be that my client was defending herself at the time, that remains to be seen. If she was even there.”

Lilley is being held in the Westmoreland County Prison on $5,000 bail. She was arraigned on the allegations earlier this month.

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