Mill Hall man charged with Thursday strangulation

LAMAR TOWNSHIP, PA – A Mill Hall man has been arrested and charged with strangulation and related offenses, the result of a Thursday pre-dawn domestic incident on S. Chestnut St. in Mill Hall.

Bruce Groff, 31, is in the Clinton County Correctional Facility after arraignment, in default of bail, on charges of strangulation, aggravated assault and simple assault.

The state police report said the investigating officer responded to the incident at 5:21 a.m. Thursday. Upon arrival, he said, the victim was covered in blood and said that Groff had strangled her to the point of unconsciousness. Upon regaining consciousness, police allege, the victim was struck in the face by Groff’s closed fist approximately 15 times.

Before the officer arrived, he said, Groff had fled the scene but was apprehended a short time later at 28 Pennsylvania Avenue, Mill Hall.