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04-15-2008, 05:48 PM
Man Charged With Locking New Bride In Cage With Pitbulls
CANTON, OH (NBC) -- "An Ohio man faces abduction, felonious assault, domestic violence, and child endangering charges after police say he handcuffed his wife inside a dog cage for days after their Las Vegas wedding.
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Canton Police came to Matthew George's home after a 911 call from Mary Swihart's father telling police shots were fired in the home.
"There's a baby there," Patrick Swihart told the dispatcher. "She just got married to this clown."
"There were in excess of about 16 shell casings that were inside the house," Lt. Jim Cole of the Canton Police Department said about the shots fired and the .45 recovered.
Police kicked down the door and found a dog cage with handcuffs in the dining room. Then, they heard Mary's story.
"It's very bizarre," Cole, a police veteran of 25 years, said. "She told our officers that for approximately four days she was held captive inside the cage by her husband."
The incident was a shock to neighbor Daniel Donovan.
"I was very surprised," Donovan said. "I was friendly with Matt and never, ever would have dreamed that that sort of thing was going on."
The situation had Mary sharing the cage with the couple's two pit bulls.
"She was handcuffed inside the cage for two to four hours at a time," Cole said. "He would release her, re-handcuff her on the outside of the cage and let out two dogs that they had inside the cage."
The couple had been together for years and Mary had her 15-month-old son's name tattooed in Arabic on her left wrist.
Neighbors say it wasn't the first disturbance at the home.
George fled the home before police arrived and was eventually found in a car pulled to the side of the road early Sunday in neighboring Springfield Township.
Police say George had taken a large number of pills and was hospitalized at Akron City Hospital.
NBC
CANTON, OH (NBC) -- "An Ohio man faces abduction, felonious assault, domestic violence, and child endangering charges after police say he handcuffed his wife inside a dog cage for days after their Las Vegas wedding.
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Canton Police came to Matthew George's home after a 911 call from Mary Swihart's father telling police shots were fired in the home.
"There's a baby there," Patrick Swihart told the dispatcher. "She just got married to this clown."
"There were in excess of about 16 shell casings that were inside the house," Lt. Jim Cole of the Canton Police Department said about the shots fired and the .45 recovered.
Police kicked down the door and found a dog cage with handcuffs in the dining room. Then, they heard Mary's story.
"It's very bizarre," Cole, a police veteran of 25 years, said. "She told our officers that for approximately four days she was held captive inside the cage by her husband."
The incident was a shock to neighbor Daniel Donovan.
"I was very surprised," Donovan said. "I was friendly with Matt and never, ever would have dreamed that that sort of thing was going on."
The situation had Mary sharing the cage with the couple's two pit bulls.
"She was handcuffed inside the cage for two to four hours at a time," Cole said. "He would release her, re-handcuff her on the outside of the cage and let out two dogs that they had inside the cage."
The couple had been together for years and Mary had her 15-month-old son's name tattooed in Arabic on her left wrist.
Neighbors say it wasn't the first disturbance at the home.
George fled the home before police arrived and was eventually found in a car pulled to the side of the road early Sunday in neighboring Springfield Township.
Police say George had taken a large number of pills and was hospitalized at Akron City Hospital.
NBC