Meriden Man Choked, Assaulted Woman: Report

MERIDEN, CT - A city man was arrested Monday on charges that he assaulted a woman, according to The Meriden Record-Journal. Lamar Edwards, 33, of 15 Silver St., has been charged with with second-degree threatening, third-degree assault, second-degree strangulation, first-degree unlawful restraint, and two counts of risk of injury to a minor.

The alleged March 17 assault involved police responding to the residence. A woman there told police Edwards slammed her into a wall, choked her, and a held a knife to her throat.

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