CLARION TWP., Pa. (EYT) – A Clarion man who allegedly choked a woman during a domestic dispute late last month is due in court today.
Court documents indicate 30-year-old Jack A. Walker, of Clarion, is scheduled to stand for a preliminary hearing at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 18, on the following charges:
– Strangulation — Applying Pressure to Throat or Neck, Felony 2
– Simple Assault, Misdemeanor 2
– Harassment — Subject Other to Physical Contact, Summary
According to a criminal complaint, around 3:31 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28, the Clarion-based State Police received a call from a known female stating she was in a domestic argument with Jack Alan Walker.
Trooper Berggren proceeded to the scene to speak to the victim.
According to the complaint, the victim reported that during the argument with Walker, he grabbed her by the throat and squeezed so she could not breathe. She stated that he then threw her onto the bed and used his arm to strangle her again.
The victim said that she could not breathe or move and had to grab Walker by the genitals to make him let her go. After Walker released her, the victim left the bedroom and called the state police, according to the complaint.
Walker was arraigned on Wednesday, November 28, in Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller’s office.
Unable to post $1,500.00 monetary bail, he remains lodged in the Clarion County Jail.
