CINCINNATI — A Cincinnati ICE agent has been indicted after he was arrested on domestic violence charges.
Samuel Saxon, 47, is accused of putting a woman in a chokehold, "causing visible injuries on her neck," in the hallway of their Corryville apartment complex, according to an affidavit.
The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office said he is charged with one count of felonious assault, two counts of strangulation and two misdemeanors, assault and domestic violence.
At Saxon's arraignment, an officer told the judge they responded to a reported strangulation at the complex on Dec. 5. However, the woman who was allegedly choked didn't cooperate with police.
According to the prosecutor's office, an independent witness told police she heard a woman screaming in the hallway of her apartment building and a man with a chokehold around the woman's neck, dragging her into an apartment. The witness said she heard more screaming in the apartment.
The prosecutor's office said when police arrived, they saw bruises on the woman's chest that are consistent with being forcibly grabbed by the chest and neck.
The officer said the witness statement, along with the fact that police have responded to that address 22 times in the last year and a half, resulted in officers also requesting a temporary protection order against Saxon.
According to the prosecutor's office, Saxon is the assistant special agent in charge of ICE for the Cincinnati region.
Saxon is being held in the Hamilton County Justice Center without bond.
