Officer Jacob Smith had been on leave and under investigation after he was arrested last month.

As her estranged husband held her against the wall, squeezing her neck with both hands, a Barberton woman kept thinking, “I have to get free.” She tried to grab his head and face as he stared at her ...

A 31-year-old man admitted in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to attacking his ex-girlfriend inside her apartment on Columbus’ West Side last August. He punched her three times in the face and ...

Before strangulation became a felony in Ohio in April, domestic violence cases were on the rise in Stark County. In 2020, Stark County had 126 felony domestic violence cases. In 2023, there were 320.

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — Victim advocates at the Upper Ohio Valley Sexual Assault Help Center are reporting a significant increase in strangulation cases. Victim advocate Teresa Richmond explained ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County jury has convicted an Altoona man of strangulation, assault, witness intimidation and all related offenses that developed after he initiated a fight with his ...

Marin law enforcement officers have a new tool to help guide domestic violence investigations involving strangulation. Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli announced the launch of a “pocket ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — According to Montana law, a person’s first strangulation offense became a felony in the Treasure State in 2017. Checking crime reports regularly, we noticed a disturbing trend. More ...

An Upper Chichester man currently serving a county sentence of 9 to 23 months for choking a teenager at a party in July 2023 pleaded guilty Monday to a second, earlier strangulation attempt. Craig ...

Around 70% of non-fatal strangulation cases in the last year have been dropped due to evidential issues, exclusive data shared with Sky News shows. It is now three years since it became a standalone ...

A Santa Fe domestic abuse treatment center could soon be the home of a forensic exam room specially set up to investigate strangulations — only the second of its kind in New Mexico. During a Monday ...