Knife Held to Woman's Throat, Police Say

Easton police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man they say held a knife to the throat of his roommate and ex-girlfriend at their Pine Street home early Saturday morning.

Adam James Coley, 28, of 1323 Pine St., also allegedly struck the woman in the face and choked her, according to a criminal complaint. Then, as Coley allegedly held a butcher knife to her throat, he threatened to kill her if “she ever causes him to return to jail.”

Patrolman Brett Bindics of the Easton Police Department reported that the victim had a cut on her lip, “a large amount of swelling under the left eye” and abrasions on either side of her throat.

Coley is wanted on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault and terroristic threats, according to the warrant.