A Yucca Valley man was arrested Wednesday, accused of choking his wife. According to a Sheriff’s report, Otto Schaffenberg, 29, and his wife were arguing in their home in the 58400 block of Desert Gold Drive about noon Wednesday. The woman told deputies that Otto grabbed her in a bear hug from behind, threw her to the floor, and choked her and put his hand over her mouth. She said she felt light-headed and was in fear for her life. Otto Schaffenberg was arrested for investigation of felony spouse abuse, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $50,000.
A Morongo Valley man was arrested Wednesday, accused of punching and choking his wife. According to a Sheriff’s report, a woman went to her home in the 6000 block of Morongo Road in Morongo Valley about 2:30 on Tuesday to collect her belongings. She told deputies that when she told her husband, Robert Smith, 24, she was leaving him, Smith grabbed her, threw her to the ground, punched her in the face, and choked her to the point she couldn’t breathe. Smith then left his home, but he was located the next day at a home in the 6300 block of Smoke Tree where he was arrested for investigation of felony spouse abuse, booked into the Morongo Basin Jail, with his bail set at $50,000.
