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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

Domestics

Police arrested two men in seperate incidents of alleged domestic violence the morning of Feb. 28, and a third the next day.

Mehdi Bavand-Pour, 31, of Crest Park Court, was arrested around 5:20 a.m. for repeatedly grabbing his wife by the neck, causing her breathing trouble.

Bavand-Pour is charged with harassment, reckless endangerment, unlawful restraint and simple and aggravated assault.

Several hour earlier police arrested 40-year-old Matthew Pettiway of Valley Road after he struck his girlfriend with a backpack and stifled her breathing by covering her mouth and nose.

Pettiway is charged with harassment and simple assault.

Early the next morning police issued a warrant for Michael Rivera, 23, of Cherokee Street, after choking his girlfriend to the point of unconciousness. He is charged with simple and aggravated assault.