Columbus man arrested for domestic violence

Kevin Montgomery; photo courtesy of Columbus Police

A Columbus man was arrested on domestic violence related charges over the weekend. Officer Alyson Rech, spokeswoman for the Columbus Police Department, says that at about 2:10 p.m. on Saturday, officers responded to an apartment in the 1100 block of Kevin Drive for a domestic disturbance. Rech says that officers spoke to the victim, who had visible injuries to her face. She reportedly told police that she was choked and had the house phone taken away while she tried to call 911.

Officers arrested 34-year-old Kevin C. Montgomery on preliminary charges of Strangulation, Domestic Battery and Interfering with the Reporting of a Crime.