A Choudrant man was arrested last Saturday after he was allegedly involved in a domestic battery.
Jimmy Murphy, 51, was arrested August 3 after Lincoln Parish deputies responded to a Welch Road residence. Deputies found a woman who had visible marks on her elbow and the right side of her neck.
The woman said an argument had occurred over a television, and Murphy had an allegedly told her he would punch a hole in the TV before he would let her take it.
The woman said Murphy grabbed a shelf and tossed until floor and jumped on it, causing it to break into pieces. He reportedly slipped on the pieces, and after he got up, chased after the woman. He allegedly threw her down and punched her in the head and then grabbed her around the throat.
A witness said she pulled Murphy off the woman and called the sheriff’s office.
Murphy was arrested for domestic abuse battery was strangulation and booked at the detention center.
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