BOARDMAN — A Youngstown man is in jail after police said he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, dragged her outside and tried to strangle her.

Nehemiah Clinkscale, 25, of Boston Avenue on the city’s South Side, made an initial appearance Tuesday in Mahoning County Boardman Court on charges of aggravated burglary, strangulation and abduction — first, second and third-degree felonies, respectively. Judge Joseph Houser imposed a $50,000 cash or surety bond and ordered him to have no contact with the victim.

A preliminary hearing is set Sept. 2, and Clinkscale remains at the Mahoning County jail. The Boardman police report states officers were called to an apartment building on Baymar Drive in Boardman about 11 p.m. Aug. 7

The reporting officer wrote that he knew the call would involve Clinkscale and the woman because he has had dealings with them in the past, including filing the trespass warning that forbade Clinkscale from being there.

The report states the woman told police she heard a loud knocking at her door, saw Clinkscale on her Ring doorbell camera, and went to the door. She said she was standing behind the door when he kicked it in, hitting her in the face.

The woman said Clinkscale then dragged her by her clothes, carried her halfway down the stairs of the building, and only let go either because her friend jumped on his back or because he knew police had been called. She told police Clinkscale had his arm around her throat, obstructing her breathing while he was dragging her.

Around 10 a.m. Friday, St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital notified Boardman police that Youngstown police had arrested Clinkscale on Boardman’s warrant, and he was being held in the ER psychiatric hold room.

Mercy Health police were in the room, and the report states Clinkscale was highly agitated, uncooperative and was being held at stun weapon point.

When the Boardman officer arrived to take him into custody, Clinkscale became even more agitated, punching a wall and slamming his head into it several times. The Boardman officer also pointed his stun weapon at him when Clinkscale walked toward him, but did not have to use it.

The report states that several other Youngstown and Mercy police officers had to swarm the room before Clinkscale allowed himself to be handcuffed, and several officers had to help get him into the police car.

He remains in the Mahoning County jail.