City man jailed after machete attack

YOUNGSTOWN — Police said a man was arrested for domestic violence early Tuesday morning for throwing a machete at the mother of his child.

Police were called to a home in the 200 block of East Philadelphia Avenue about 7 a.m. where a woman told them she had argued about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday with Anthony Adams, 22, and he chased her around the home, pushed her and choked her.

The pair argued again just before police were called and the woman told police Adams threw a machete at her, which missed. He also dragged her down the stairs, reports said.

Reports said the woman injured her arm and knee and had marks on her neck and forehead.

Adams was taken into custody and placed in the Mahoning County jail.