Assault With a Dread-ly Weapon?

By KSEE News

Credit: KGW

Caleb Grotberg, 32

January 9, 2013 Updated Jan 9, 2013 at 6:42 PM PDT

(KGW) A Portland, Oregon man is accused of using his dreadlocks to choke his girlfriend in a domestic violence attack.

The woman was taken to a Portland hospital with "numerous, non-life threatening injuries," according to Sgt. Pete Simpson with the Portland Police Bureau.

She told officers that Caleb Grotberg attacked her just after 2:00 a.m. Monday at a residence in the 3200 block of Southeast 22nd Avenue. Her detailed description helped police find Grotberg in the neighborhood and arrest him.

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