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The Middlesex Township police were called "for an active physical domestic" at the Sheetz on Harrisburg Pike on Tuesday, Nov. 29 around 11:30 p.m., according to a release by the department the following day.
Upon arrival, the police found 34-year-old Clifford Roy McKelvey of Carlisle at the self-checkout shouting at his ex-girlfriend.
Following an investigation, "it was determined that McKelvey strangled and bit his ex-girlfriend in the face while in his vehicle," before entering the store, according to the release. "McKelvey also restrained his ex-girlfriend in an attempt to prevent her from getting help," the police state in the release.
McKelvey was arrested on charges of felony strangulation - applying pressure to throat or neck, a misdemeanor for unlawful restraint causing serious bodily injury, a misdemeanor for simple assault, and two summary offenses of harassment and disorderly conduct or fighting, according to his latest court docket.
He has a criminal record for drug use and driving under the influence. He was serving 6 months of probation for a DUI at the highest rate at the time of this alleged assault, court records show.
He has been held in the Cumberland County Prison on $49,000 in bail and his preliminary hearing has been scheduled before Magisterial District Judge Jonathan R. Birbeck on Dec. 14 at 3 p.m., as detailed on his court docket.
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