Crime & Safety
Man Forces Woman's Face Under Water Until She Blacks Out: Cops
He pulled her by the hair and forced her face under the water, impeding her ability to breathe until she blacked out, police say.
EAST HAMPTON, NY — A man was arrested after he forced a woman's face under water until she blacked out, police said.
According to East Hampton Town Police, Robert F. Turner, 26, of Washington, DC was arrested on Aug. 18 at 8 p.m. on Gravesend Ave. in Montauk and charged with second degree strangulation, obstruction of breath, blood circulation, causing physical injury, a felony.
Turner grabbed the woman by the hair and put her face under water, which blocked the nose and mouth, impeding her ability to breathe until she blacked out, police said.
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Bail was set at $5,000, police said.
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