Luis Padilla (Courtesy photo | For lehighvalleylive.com)
A Bethlehem man threw his son to the ground and choked him to the point of passing out Thursday afternoon, according to city police.
Luis Padilla, 52, was arrested on multiple felonies and sent to Northampton County Prison in the incident at his home in the 1400 block of Stefko Boulevard.
Padilla’s son told police he couldn’t breathe and was screaming for Padilla to stop attacking him, alleging “he was scared for his life and felt like he was going to die in the hands of his father,” court records say.
Police responded to the incident at 4:18 p.m. and said the attack occurred after an argument during which Padilla blocked his son from leaving the home, records say. The victim had small cuts to his forehead, but police did not indicate he sought medical treatment.
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Padilla was arraigned before on-call District Judge Alicia Rose Zito on felony counts of aggravated assault and strangulation, in addition to misdemeanor simple assault. She ordered him held in lieu of $25,000 bail ahead of a preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled Feb. 14 before District Judge Joseph Barner.
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