ORANGE — A local man faces charges including strangulation after a domestic disturbance.
Gates M. Tuttle III, 46, of 73 Adams St., pleaded innocent in Orange District Court last week to strangulation or suffocation, assault and battery on a family or household member, and disturbing the peace. He was released on conditions.
According to a police report, Orange Police Officer Jonathan Cole was dispatched for three calls regarding a domestic disturbance. Dispatchers said a male was heard saying he was going to slit the woman’s throat. Cole arrived at the driveway and heard Tuttle yelling apologies to his wife and telling her to tell police that nothing happened.
The victim told police Tuttle had choked her and showed the officer redness on her throat. Tuttle was then arrested.