Crime & Safety
Macomb Township Man Charged With Assault by Strangulation
Information in this crime brief was supplied by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. Where arrests apply, they do not indicate convictions.
A 30-year-old Macomb Township man was arraigned Thursday on charges he strangled and beat his wife, police said.
Jacob Rizer was charged with assault by strangulation, a 10-year felony; and domestic violence assault in 41A District Court in Shelby Township. He was lodged in Macomb County Jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond.
According to the Macomb Sheriff's Office, Rizer was arrested around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday inside his home at Westbridge Manor Mobile Home Community after his mother-in-law reported that he was beating his wife of 10 years.
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The 32-year-old victim told deputies that they had an argument and he grabbed her by the throat and pushed her into a wall. She said she blacked out and, when she woke up, she was on the floor and he was on top of her during the attack, the Sheriff's Office states.
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