State police have charged an 81-year-old man with choking his wife after becoming "fed up" that she was wandering through a Wal-Mart store.The Sharon Herald (http://bit.ly/1ezNX74 ) reports Ralph Ross, of West Salem Township, faces a preliminary hearing April 22 on charges of simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. Police say they were called to the store in Hermitage about 7:15 p.m. March 31. That's where witnesses told police that Ross pushed a shopping cart into the electronic cart driven by his wife, Mary Louise Ross, then choked and shook the woman before a bystander intervened. Police say Ross "advised that he had just become 'fed up' with Mary wandering around the grocery store and 'lost it.'" Ross' defense attorney did not immediately return a call for comment Wednesday.

State police have charged an 81-year-old man with choking his wife after becoming "fed up" that she was wandering through a Wal-Mart store.

The Sharon Herald (http://bit.ly/1ezNX74 ) reports Ralph Ross, of West Salem Township, faces a preliminary hearing April 22 on charges of simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct.



Police say they were called to the store in Hermitage about 7:15 p.m. March 31.



That's where witnesses told police that Ross pushed a shopping cart into the electronic cart driven by his wife, Mary Louise Ross, then choked and shook the woman before a bystander intervened.



Police say Ross "advised that he had just become 'fed up' with Mary wandering around the grocery store and 'lost it.'"



Ross' defense attorney did not immediately return a call for comment Wednesday.