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Police say Myrtle Beach woman choked man for hogging blanket
Posted: 01.24.2013 at 7:42 AM
Crystal Costa

Crystal Costa co-anchors Good Morning Carolinas and joined the team in October 2012.

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A Myrtle Beach woman has been arrested after police said she choked a man who was trying to get more of the blanket in their bed.

Tina Berryhill Rucker, 42, was arrested Wednesday night around 11:00.

Police were called to the apartment on Flagg Street in Myrtle Beach.

The victim said he was in bed with Rucker when he tried to pull more of the blanket on top of him.

He said Rucker got mad and choked him, according to the police report.

The victim was bleeding from his neck where Rucker's nails were.

Rucker called police but was highly intoxicated and did not want to cooperate with officers, according to the report.

She faces a Criminal Domestic Violence charge and is being held without bond.

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