Crestwood officer charged in beating
Man accused of choking woman in front of kids in Portage
An off-duty Crestwood police officer choked a woman to the point of apparent unconsciousness inside their trailer at a Portage, Indiana, campground last weekend as three children pleaded for him to stop, police said.
Dino Pavoni, 38, of Midlothian, was charged with felony strangulation, four counts of felony domestic battery and interference with reporting of a crime following the altercation early Sunday morning at Lakeshore
Camp Resort, according to court records.
He allegedly became upset after she woke him in the middle of the night to ask for help closing the aw- ning on their camper, according to police reports.
The violent argument that ensued was captured by an outdoor camera and on cellphone videos recorded by one of the children.
Neither Pavoni nor Crestwood officials immediately responded to requests for comment on the incident.
When Portage police arrived about 3 a.m., after one of the children called 911, all three were in tears, and two told officers they worried she might be dead.
Officers found the woman on the floor of the camper, conscious,