By OLIVIA BERGMEIER
Lead Reporter - Salina Post
Salina Police Department (SPD) officers arrested a Salina resident early Friday morning after he battered and strangled a Salina woman at their residence.
At about 12:45 a.m., officers arrived at a home in the 800 block of Cherokee after a 63-year-old woman reported her significant other, later identified as 75-year-old Ralph Polly, for allegedly hitting and strangling her.
"[Polly] ended up striking her and grabbing her by the throat, restricting her airway so she could not breathe," said SPD Capt. James Feldman. "When he hit her in the face, [he] knocked her glasses off and attempted to hit her again."
When Polly knocked the victim's glasses off, he did not damage them.
Feldman said officers saw minor injuries on the victim's throat and subsequently arrested Polly for domestic battery and aggravated domestic battery.
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