A Preston County man was arrested Thursday after deputies said he hit a man with a baseball bat.

Michael Valentine, 34, of Terra Alta, is accused of forcing Kenneth Harrison into a bedroom and striking him numerous times with a baseball bat, according to the Preston County Sheriff’s Department.

Deputies said Valentine caused serious injuries to Harrison and that he held him in the bedroom for about an hour.

Valentine continued to hit Harrison with the bat over the period of an hour and told him he was going to kill him, deputies said.

Valentine is currently in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail and is charged with malicious wounding.