PORTLAND, OREGON (CBSNews.com) - Police in Oregon say a woman told officers her boyfriend choked her with his dreadlocks.
Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson says the unidentified woman was taken to a hospital Monday for treatment of numerous non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers searched the neighborhood and located Caleb Grotberg, 32, and took him into custody, reports CBS Portland affiliate KOIN-TV.
The police spokesman says Grotberg was arrested for investigation of several domestic violence felony crimes, including strangulation, fourth-degree assault and second-degree kidnapping. He was due in court Tuesday.
Dreadlocks are matted ropes of hair.
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