Grand Old Police Blotter: You've Got To Be Choking Edition

U.S. Representative Don Sherwood (R-Pa) was engaged in some constituent service when things all went horribly wrong:

Cynthia Ore, 29, of Rockville, Md. locked herself in a bathroom and called 911 from her cell phone on the afternoon of Sept. 15, saying Sherwood "choked her for no apparent reason" while giving her a backrub in his apartment on D Street, according to a police report.

Sherwood, 64, told police he was giving Ore a backrub when she "jumped up" and ran to the bathroom, the report stated.

Police in Washington said they saw no visible injuries on Ore's neck and had trouble getting to the bottom of the story.

"Based on interviews with both parties and no physical evidence of injury to (Ore), there was no probable cause to make an arrest or reasonable cause to believe (Ore) was assaulted," the incident report stated.

Don "Magic Fingers" Sherwood allegedly met Ore when she was 23 or 24 and involved with a group of juvenile delinquents.

Ore said she met Sherwood at a Young Republicans meeting in 1999 and has had an ongoing relationship with him. Sherwood would not get into specifics about the relationship.

Sherwood is a family man, Army veteran and Dartmouth grad:

Don and Carol (Evans) Sherwood have been married for 33 years. They have three daughters: Jesse, Dana and Maria.

He apparently has no ties to Don Sherwood Golf & Tennis World.

(link via AmericaBlog)