A 49-year-old transient was charged with aggravated assault on Wednesday after he allegedly strangled his girlfriend, an Oak Ridge woman, at Days Inn on South Illinois Avenue, authorities said.
Darryel McDonald also allegedly pushed the victim down in the hotel parking lot as she attempted to run from him to the Days Inn office for help, according to an affidavit filed in Anderson County General Sessions Court.
Oak Ridge Police Department Officer Garrett L. Robbins said he observed red marks on the victim’s neck, an abrasion to her left palm, and another to her left knee.
McDonald remained jailed at the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton on Sunday. His bond has been set at $50,000, and he has a court hearing scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday.
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