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HAGERSTOWN MAN ARRESTED FOR STRANGULATION

(Hagerstown, IN)--A Hagerstown man and an older female who shares his girlfriend’s last name both ended up in the Wayne County Jail after a fight Monday morning.  Police were called to West College Street in Hagerstown at around 6 o’clock.  That’s where 30-year-old Austin Barron lives.  Allegedly, 50-year-old Mary Jo Thornbro was at that house when the two got into a physical confrontation.  Thornbro was charged with battery.  Barron was charged with strangulation.  Neither suffered serious injuries.