BEAU GRAUNKE from Spring Creek, NV Bail $ 20,000. (photo credit Elko County Sheriff’s Office)
BEAU GRAUNKE from Spring Creek, NV Bail $ 20,000. (photo credit Elko County Sheriff’s Office)

A 43 years old man from Spring Creek was arrested for on an “enhanced domestic violence” charge after choking a woman Tuesday night.

Acting Undersheriff Kevin McKinney said the woman called dispatch and when deputies arrived “they saw some swelling and red abrasions on her face and throat.”

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She told deputies that Beau C. Graunke had held her down and choked her.

Graunke was arrested around 11 p.m. at the residence on Cedar Lawn Drive and booked on $20,000 bail. McKinney explained that the charge included a strangulation enhancement.