Van Buren County man locked up for domestic assault charges

By: ABC57 Staff

Posted: Jan 16, 2012 10:31 AM EDT | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 5:15 PM EDT

VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. -- A man is behind bars after officers say he choked a woman and threatened her with a knife.

Police chased down 31-year-old Charles McKinven into the woods near a home on 70th Street in Bangor Township in Van Buren County Saturday.

After a massive and lengthy track, the suspect was found and armed with three knives.

The suspect is in jail for domestic assault, and investigators say it's not his first offense.

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