NORTH PLATTE - A North Platte man faces strangulation and assault charges after a Sunday morning incident in which his girlfriend said he smothered her with a pillow until she nearly passed out.

41-year-old Toby Arnold was charged Tuesday in Lincoln County Court with felony strangulation and misdemeanor domestic assault.

North Platte police say they were called about 4 AM Sunday to a home on East Philip Avenue, where a woman told them that her boyfriend had assaulted her twice.

According to a news release, Officers found bruising on the woman’s arms and a bite mark on her neck.

A preliminary hearing is set August 1st.