Alva Review-Courier -

In addition to eight recent misdemeanors, a Cherokee man is also charged with felony assault and battery in Alfalfa County. Domestic assault and battery by strangulation, a felony, was filed against James Craig “Chopper” Patterson, 45, of Cherokee on July 3 in Alfalfa County. He is charged with willfully and intentionally strangling his girlfriend, Jillian Sue Carrasco, by grabbing her by the throat and squeezing to the point she was unable to breathe and was seeing stars. This crime is punishable by imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than three years, or by a fine of $3,000 or by...