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Woman's Cell Phone Taken After Being Choked

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.

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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.