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Villas Man Charged with Assault After Alleged Strangulation

 

By Herald Staff

ERMA — On Aug. 18 about 5:33 p.m., a victim went to Lower Township Police Department and spoke with an officer, and told him her boyfriend and she were at his aunt’s house near Holmes Avenue, North Cape May when a verbal argument turned into an assault.
She alleged that her boyfriend struck her in the face causing bruising to her eyes and nose. He then attempted to strangle her, according to police, and did cut off her air supply shortly.
Officers observed red marks on her neck, which corroborated her story about being strangled.
The boyfriend was identified as Joseph Pierce, 24, of the first block, East New York Avenue, Villas.
The victim applied for, and was granted a temporary restraining order.
Detectives responded to headquarters to interview the victim, and to photograph her injuries prior to her departure.
Municipal Court Judge David DeWeese issued a warrant for Pierce’s arrest for aggravated assault with bail set at $25,000 and no contact with the victim.
Pierce was located in Wildwood and placed under arrest for aggravated assault by Wildwood Police Department.
The suspect was transferred to county jail in lieu of bail.

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