The 20-year-old is charged with aggravated assault and arson.
A 20-year-old Phillipsburg man is accused of choking a woman to unconsciousness and setting fire to a pile of clothes inside a home.
Gavin Lepore, 20, of the 100 block of Mercer Street in Phillipsburg, is charged with aggravated assault and arson after allegedly choking a woman to unconsciousness and setting a fire inside a home. (Courtesy photo)Gavin Lepore, of the 100 block of Mercer Street, faces a slew of charges including aggravated assault and arson, according to a criminal complaint filed in state Superior Court in Belvidere.
Town police allege Lepore argued with the woman at his home about 1:45 a.m. Monday and choked her with his hands until she passed out.
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Lepore set fire to a bag of clothes, damaging the garments and the carpet, police said. He allegedly also threw a fire extinguisher through a window, ripped a closet door off its hinges, punched a hole in a kitchen cabinet and shattered a ceramic lamp.
Police allegedly found Lepore had a small amount of marijuana.
In addition to aggravated assault and arson, Lepore is charged with simple assault, harassment, criminal mischief and drug possession. He was arraigned Monday and sent to Warren County jail in lieu of $15,000 bail with a 10 percent option.
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