22 Charges For Nashua Man In Woman's Beating: Police

NASHUA, NH — A domestic violence suspect charged with 22 crimes in a horrifying attack on a Nashua woman last year was transported back to New Hampshire in police custody after fleeing to Vermont, police announced Wednesday morning. William Washington, 47, with no fixed address, remained in custody pending an arraignment in Nashua District Court later Wednesday. He refused bail, according to Nashua police Lieutenant Kerry Baxter.

Baxter said in October 2016, Washington violently attacked a woman he was involved in a relationship with.

"During that time, the female was grabbed around the neck and strangled by Washington on two occasions," Baxter said in a statement. "Washington restrained the woman and prevented her from leaving the residence for several hours. During the time the woman was held in the residence, Washington struck the woman in the head numerous times, threatened to kill her with a pair of scissors, and obstructed her from calling 911 two different times."

The woman was hospitalized after the ordeal, Baxter said. Police obtained a warrant for Washington's arrest but he fled the state and was arrested by police in St. Albans, Vermont November 13, 2016, Baxter said. During a Vermont court hearing Tuesday, Washington was ordered back to Nashua to face his charges.

Washington was charged with:

• 11 counts of domestic violence
• Two counts of second-degree assault
• Five counts of assault
• Two counts of obstructing the report of a crime
• Criminal restraint
• Criminal threatening

Photo: William Washington. (Credit: Nashua Police Department)