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A Belle Vernon teen was stabbed with a sword by his father during a fight yesterday that led to both of them being arrested, police said.

Ronald Cinkan Sr., 48, is free on $5,000 bond, pending a preliminary hearing Friday before District Judge Jesse Cramer.

He is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment in connection with the domestic dispute around 4:15 p.m. at their Belle Vernon residence.

Mr. Cinkan's 17-year-old son was treated at a hospital for "a moon-shaped scratch on his rear end," and he was released. According to a police affidavit, Mr. Cinkan had been using a vacuum cleaner in their living room where his son on a loveseat.

The vacuum cleaner bumped into the younger Cinkan's foot, prompting him to shove his father.

Mr. Cinkan retrieved a sword from behind a curio cabinet and stabbed his son on the right side of the buttocks. The boy retaliated by punching his father about the head and face, police said.

Officer Smith said in the affidavit that Mr. Cinkan had briefly left the residence before police arrived. In his absence, the son bent the sword in half. The weapon was seized by police.

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The Belle Vernon Volunteer Fire Department and the Southwest Regional Police were called to the 100 block of Main Street for a vehicle fire early Wednesday morning.

As they were en route, firefighters Joel Davis and Brent Crarry saw the van traveling along Main Street while ablaze.

Davis was able to get the attention of Carl Miller Jr., the driver, near the Route 70 ramps where the vehicle stopped underneath an overpass.

As firefighters attended to the blaze, police arrested Miller for drunken driving. He was transported to the Mon-Valley Hospital for a legal blood draw and for treatment due to the vehicle fire.