Jeremy Osife (2014)

A Maricopa man was arrested on strangulation charges after allegedly choking his girlfriend during a domestic violence incident Sunday.

A Maricopa Police Department report states Jeremy Dean Osife, 40, was taken into custody by MPD around 7 p.m. Aug. 13 when officers who had responded to the home for an unrelated incident were informed of the alleged strangulation.

The incident, the report stated, took place when Osife and his girlfriend began to argue and then retreated to an upstairs bathroom to “argue away from the kids.”

Osife then allegedly prevented his girlfriend from leaving the bathroom by placing his hand on the front of her neck and shoving her, causing her to break a ceramic bowl as she attempted to stay on her feet.

The daughter of Osife’s girlfriend took photos of the marks left on her neck by the alleged choking.

When questioned, Osife allegedly denied becoming physically violent with his girlfriend, though he could not explain how she received the marks on her neck.

Osife has been charged with aggravated assault involving strangulation, a class 4 felony. If convicted he could face 4-8 years in prison.