YOUNGSTOWN — Terry Pompay, 43, who was accused of hitting a man he knew in the face with a wine bottle and taking his backpack and bicycle Wednesday night, was charged Friday morning with robbery and was set for arraignment later Friday in Youngstown Municipal Court.

The victim, who had a bleeding “gash” over one eye when he spoke to police, said he was “riding his bicycle to the (Shell Gas Station on Market Street) when he saw an old friend of his.” He identified his assailant as Pompay. He said Pompay stood talking to the victim, then “grabbed a wine bottle he had on him and struck him in the face, knocking him over,” a police report states.

The victim said Pompay then took the victim’s backpack and bicycle and rode south on Market Street in the 10:46 p.m. incident. The suspect did not have any new charges on file in Youngstown Municipal Court records late Thursday afternoon, but the man was in the county jail, according to jail records. Pompay was scheduled for arraignment Friday afternoon.

If convicted of the third-degree felony, Pompay could get several years in prison.

In a police report, the victim said he did not understand why Pompay would assault and steal from him that way “as they have known each other for a long period of time.” He described his bicycle and the clothing Pompay was wearing. Ambulance personnel arrived to treat the victim, and an officer headed south on Market Street and saw a bicycle at the Best Way gas station with no one near it. A backpack was hanging off of it. The brand of the bike matched the one that was stolen.

The officer waited a bit to watch for a suspect and saw a man inside look outside and then quickly look away, the report states. The suspect later exited the building, but continued past the bicycle. An officer approached him and asked if the bicycle was his.

He answered that it was not. He gave his real first name and was asked to put his arms behind his back and was told he was being detained. The man was wearing a book bag. Pompay was detained while another officer asked a store employee if the suspect arrived by bicycle, and the employee said yes and pointed to the only bicycle outside of the gas station.

Another officer arrived with the victim, who looked at the suspect and started yelling, “I can’t believe you would do this to me.” The victim said the suspect, Pompay, was the person who took his bike and backpack and hit him.

He also confirmed that the bicycle was his but the backpack hanging from the bike was not. However, he said the book bag the suspect had on his person was his. Pompay was placed in the back of a police cruiser. A gym membership ID card in the bag Pompay was wearing had the victim’s name on it, the report states.