A 22-year-old man was booked on suspicion of aggravated assault after being accused of choking his girlfriend three times.
Maricopa Police were called to the home on West Cowpath Drive at around 1 a.m. Tuesday. There, a woman told officers Dustin Meyer had tried to strangle her after an argument.
Meyer stated he was attacked first and was trying to defend himself.
The woman told police they got into an argument after Meyer refused to leave the house. She said the argument ended up in her bedroom with Meyer pinning her down on the bed while putting both of his hands around her throat. She said he choked her three times and she could not breathe.
According to the report, she used a key to defend herself, “digging her key into multiple locations of Dustin’s body.”
The woman reported diminished hearing in her left ear and a headache. Police noted abrasions on Meyer.
Police took Meyer into custody on an anticipated charge of aggravated assault per domestic violence.
