SCRANTON
City police charged a Scranton man Saturday with strangling a woman after telling her to move out of his apartment.
Tariq Jahad Jackson, 29, 134 Hennessy Court, told police his landlord told him that Tamara Brown is not allowed to live with him any longer, so Jackson broke the news to her when they came home from a night club.
Jackson said that she started pulling out his hair. Brown, however, told officers Jackson started to drag her from the home after she told him she needed a few days to move out.
Police alleged that Jackson punched and choked her.
He is charged with strangulation and related counts.
Jackson is in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled Monday.
— JOSEPH KOHUT