Peterborough teen arrested for choking in domestic dispute: police

A Peterborough teenager was arrested Monday following a domestic dispute that turned violent.

According to the Peterborough Police Service, around 8:30 p.m., police received several 911 calls about two people involved in a domestic dispute in the area of Hopkins Avenue and Monaghan Road.

Officers arrived and learned that the dispute turned physical between a male and female.

A 15-year-old Peterborough boy was arrested and charged with assault causing bodily harm — choke, suffocate or strangle

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The accused was released on an undertaking and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on June 27.

Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act , the name of a young person cannot be released.

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