FORT WALTON BEACH - A Pensacola man faces charges after he allegedly punched a woman in the mouth and menaced her with a knife.
On Dec. 23 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy visited a Shadow Lane residence to look into an alleged battering.
A woman told the lawmen 31-year-old Ladarrel Adrian Nichols entered her house and punched her in the mouth, causing her to fall down.
He then picked her up and put her on a mattress in the living room, and stood over her. He placed a hand over her mouth and nose, and grabbed her neck with the other hand, restricting her ability to breathe.
At one point he pulled out a knife and said if he couldn't have her, nobody could.
Nichols was charged with assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, battery and kidnapping. His court date is Feb. 12.
