Nazareth Man Allegedly Assaults, Chokes Girlfriend

A Nazareth man is facing a slew of charges, including a felony count of aggravated assault, after he allegedly “whacked” his girlfriend’s head off the side of his S. Green Street house and then tried to choke her, according to Nazareth police.

According to a criminal complaint:

Officer Peter Dewey received a walk-in domestic complaint at around 1:14 a.m. Sept. 11 at police headquarters on Main Street. The complaint was directed against Donald A. Pysher, 52, of the 100 block of S. Green Street.

A woman told Dewey that she was the victim of a domestic assault. Dewey had Nazareth EMS dispatched to evaluate the woman’s injuries.

The woman told police that Pysher, whom she identified as her boyfriend, “threw me around the house from one end to the other” and “whacked her head off the house.”

She also told police that Pysher threw her to the floor, put one hand around her throat and the other over her mouth so she could not breathe. She was able to escape by running through the back door of the house.

Pysher was arraigned before District Judge Joseph Barner on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, unlawful restraint, harassment, disorderly conduct and probable cause/domestic violence.

Pysher was sent to Northampton County Prison after failing to post $5,000 cash bail.