Nashua Police: Man Strangles Woman He Knew

A local man is facing a number of charges after allegedly strangling and threatening to kill a woman.

Paul McCoy, 60, was arrested at around 3 p.m. on Sept. 5, and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, simple assault, and criminal threatening.

According to police, officers were sent to domestic complaint in the city at a residence. A woman known to McCoy alleged that he “assaulted her, threatened to kill her, and proceeded to strangle her,” according to a report. McCoy was arrested and held without bail. He was arraigned on Sept. 8, in Nashua District Court.

The woman, according to the report, sustained minor, non-life threatening injuries.

McCoy could face eight years in prison plus fines, if convicted.

Editor’s note: The following post was derived from information supplied by the Nashua Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a New Hampshire Patch arrest report.