A Vonore area man was arrested last Wednesday after he allegedly tried to strangle his ex-girlfriend and threatened to use a gun on her.

Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy C. J. Williams said it was just after 9 p.m. when he arrived at a home on Lakeview Estates Road and talked to a woman who said her ex-boyfriend Jamey Todd Mills had assaulted her.

The alleged victim told Williams she and Mills were arguing outside when he grabbed her by the hair and dragged her into the house. The alleged victim said Mills began choking her, then stopped and attempted to grab a gun. 

The woman said she ran then and called 911 from a neighbor's residence.

Williams said he saw redness around the woman's neck and when he found Mills at the residence where the alleged attack happened, the suspect smelled of alcohol.

Mills admitted he pulled the woman's hair, but said he hadn't choked her or tried to grab a gun.

Mills was charged with aggravated domestic assault and allegedly banged his head against the patrol car window several times on the way to jail.