By George P. Hassett

A 30-year-old Medford man drinking alcohol at Statue Park in Davis Square struck a Somerville man with a wooden stick Aug. 3, bruising the victim from his right ear to his mouth, police said.

Angelo Shaw, 30, of 179 Park St., Medford, assaulted the victim’s sister first then attacked the victim when he asked about the dispute, police said.

The woman accused Shaw of punching her in the face as they drank with a group of friends in the park, police said. She allegedly said she was going to call her brother to beat Shaw up.

A witness told police Shaw grabbed the woman by her shirt, then by the neck and threw her to the ground.

Police said Shaw had difficulty standing on his feet and remembering his address. He allegedly gave police a false name.

Shaw was arrested and charged with furnishing a false name or social security number and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Police have focused on Statue Park this summer as a center of drug activity in the square, making heroin and crack arrests in Statue Park, the neighborhood’s busy center plaza.