Laurel Co. Deputies: Online Relationship Ends With Assault

The Laurel County Sheriff’s Office said a man tried to choke a woman he had met over the internet because he believed she looked different from her pictures online.

Investigators said Cornelius Jefferson, 33, moved to Kentucky from Georgia to be with the victim.

According to deputies, Jefferson argued with the woman over her appearance early Tuesday morning at her home off of Spencer Road outside of London.

Investigators said Jefferson threw food at the victim and tried to choke her before leaving the house with his suitcases.

He was reportedly arrested on a nearby road.