EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (WKBN) - Police took a man into custody who was accused of strangling a woman in East Liverpool on Saturday.

Police first talked to a woman in the 1000 block of Riverview Street. She reported that Phillip Jackson, 69, attacked her.

The woman said Jackson punched her in the face, slammed her head against the wall and floor, stomped on her arms and ribs, and strangled her, according to a police report.. Reports that the woman had injuries that aligned with her statements and that she went to the neighbor's house to call the police.

Officers then went into Jackson's home on Riverview Street. Police said Jackson would not answer their questions and later told them that nothing he said could make this any better.

Jackson was booked in the Columbiana County Jail on Sunda

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