CLEARFIELD – A Clearfield man is facing charges for allegedly assaulting a woman while she was holding their young child.
Dishawn R. Liles, 29, is charged by Sgt. Julie Curry of the Lawrence Township police with felony strangulation and misdemeanor simple assault, resisting arrest, endangering the welfare of children and disorderly conduct.
Liles waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday during centralized court. His bail is set at $50,000 monetary, which he’s posted.
The charges stem from a physical domestic that occurred at approximately 1:35 p.m. June 26 at the Lawrence Park Village apartment complex, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
Upon arrival at the scene, Curry spoke with the victim who said that she had gotten into an argument with Liles and he left the apartment with her cellular phone.
She locked the door behind him and he returned a few minutes later, stating he’d give her, her phone back. When she let him back in, he locked the door and allegedly grabbed her by the neck.
The victim also told Curry that she was holding their three-year-old son at the time, and he began attempting to strike Liles to get him off her.
After Liles grabbed her by the neck, she said he dragged her upstairs, and lifted her off the stairs approximately four times. She said when he grabbed her neck in the kitchen, she couldn’t breathe.
The next thing she said she remembered was waking up on the floor with Liles standing over her with his hand behind her neck pulling her up.
Curry said she observed multiple marks on the victim’s neck that were consistent with strangulation. Photographs were taken of her injuries, and she provided a written statement to police.
Liles was later located and as he was escorted to the police unit, he began to yell and scream in the apartment complex’s parking lot.
He also reportedly refused to get into the vehicle and instead fell to his knees in attempt to resist being lawfully arrested.