STATE POLICE HAVE FILED CHARGES AGAINST 41-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL TROUP OF BIG RUN AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY CHOKED AND PUNCHED A WOMAN DURING A DOMESTIC DISPUTE. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 3RD AT A RESIDENCE ON WEST MAIN STREET IN THE BOROUGH. PRIOR TO ARRIVING AT THE SCENE, TROOPERS WERE INFORMED THAT THE VICTIM HAD ESCAPED THE HOME AND WAS SAFE AT A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE. THE VICTIM TOLD THEM THAT TROUP ASSAULTED HER BECAUSE HE THOUGHT SHE WAS UNFAITHFUL. HE IS IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY JAIL ON $20,000 BAIL.
