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Man wanted by NYPD nabbed in Hazleton traffic stop

<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Wilkes-Barre man who was allegedly drunk at the recent Skate With a Cop fundraiser was arrested late Sunday night on allegations he assaulted his girlfriend.</p><p>City police said they arrested William Andrew Gavlick, 30, of 242 Gilligan St., after a 29-year-old woman claimed he assaulted her near the Turkey Hill store at Hazle and Nicholson streets just after 10 p.m.</p><p>According to police:</p><p>Officers responded to the store on a report Gavlick was assaulting a woman who was lying on the ground screaming for help.</p><p>The woman told police she was at Gavlick&#8217;s residence where he became physical with her. She left as Gavlick followed her on Hazle Street.</p><p>She claimed Gavlick confronted her near the store where he punched her in the head causing the woman to fall to the ground.</p><p>Gavlick kicked the woman in the chest, got on top of her and choked her with both hands around her throat, police said.</p><p>She told police she was unable to breath and nearly passed out.</p><p>Police said the woman had injuries to her neck and face. She was transported to Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Medical Facility, police said.</p><p>Gavlick was charged with strangulation and simple assault. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $7,500 bail. </p><p>Wilkes-Barre Township police earlier this month cited Gavlick with public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and scattering rubbish following an incident during a fundraiser at Skateaway on Feb. 7.</p><p>Township police allege Gavlick was drunk and refused to leave the fundraiser that was organized to help raise money to purchase ballistic shields for local police.</p><p>Gavlick allegedly became belligerent, and tore up a citation and tossed it on the ground, township police said.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Alleged drunken man at recent fundraiser charged with domestic assault