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Woman's Cell Phone Taken After Being Choked

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LEWES, Del. (AP) - Police are looking for a man they say hit a woman in the face and choked her before stealing her cellphone.

Delaware State Police say 32-year-old Stanley Mumford of Millsboro is wanted on charges of strangulation, assault and theft.

Police say Mumford struck a 31-year-old woman in the face with a closed fist around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday. Police say he also choked her and took off with her cellphone.

Police are asking anyone with information about Mumford's whereabouts to contact authorities.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.