Peterborough Man Charged With Assault After Allegedly Throwing a Woman to the Ground and Choking a Child
/A 33-year-old Peterborough man is facing charges in connection with assaulting a woman and a child on Thursday night.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.
At roughly 7 p.m., officers were called to a residence in the Downie Street and Parkhill Road area about a disturbance. They learned that a verbal argument had escalated and the woman was thrown to the ground and choked while a child was thrown onto a couch. The woman and children fled the house. Officers went to the residence and took a man into custody. The woman and child were assessed by Peterborough Paramedics at the scene.
The man was arrested and charged with:
Assault – Spousal
Assault
Assault Cause Bodily Harm - Choke, suffocate or strangle
