By Staff reports
Charleston police say a man strangled the mother of his child as she was holding their baby in her arms.
Harley Edward Blankenship II, 33, of Charleston, is charged with strangulation and child neglect creating the risk of injury, both felony offenses, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Charleston Police Department in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
Blankenship allegedly strangled the woman at their Lippert Street home in Charleston on Friday, according to the complaint. He was arrested Saturday morning.
Blankenship was being held at the South Central Regional Jail Saturday on $25,000 bond.