SALEM, Ore. -- Journey drummer Deen Castronovo has been released on bail following a domestic violence arrest in Oregon.
The 50-year-old drummer was arrested Sunday and charged with misdemeanor assault and menacing.
Deputy District Attorney Jean Kunkle wrote in court papers that Castronovo knowingly caused physical injury to the woman.
Castronovo's attorney, Jeffrey Jones, did not immediately return a phone message.
A plea hearing has been scheduled for June 30. In the meantime, the drummer is not allowed to have contact with the woman.
Castronovo has been with Journey since 1998, when he replaced Steve Smith.
Castronovo made news earlier this year when he donated $10,000 to an Oregon high school after an arsonist burned down its band room.
Deen Castronovo speaks to students at South Albany High School. (Photo: KGW/Mark Hanrahan)
In 2012, Castronovo was sentenced to 80 hours of community service and ordered to attend anger management classes as part of a diversion agreement on charges in a domestic violence incident in West Salem.
Then 47, he was was arrested after a dispute with a woman and charged with recklessly endangering another person, interfering with making a police report, criminal mischief and harassment.
The Statesman Journal reported the woman told police he had accused her of cheating and they had broken up.
