Portland resident Caleb Grotberg, 32, faces counts of second-degree kidnapping, second-degree attempted assault, fourth-degree assault, menacing and domestic violence after he reportedly choked his girlfriend with his dreadlocks early Monday morning.

• Caleb Grotberg is making national news for reportedly choking his girlfriend with his dreadlocks.

Sounds pretty Portland to me, but the best part of the story, by far, is the Associated Press’s definition of dreadlocks as “matted ropes of hair,” just in case you were confused.

I guess we’re finally living up to our state stereotype, check around 1:28 to find out what the rest of the country thinks of Oregon.

This article appears in Jan 3-9, 2013.

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Portland Man Arrested for Choking Girlfriend with Dreadlocks

by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 8, 2013

<h1>Portland Man Arrested for Choking Girlfriend with Dreadlocks</h1> <p class="byline">by Brianna Brey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 8, 2013</p> <p>Portland resident Caleb Grotberg, 32, faces counts of second-degree kidnapping, second-degree attempted assault, fourth-degree assault, menacing and domestic violence after he reportedly <a href="http://www.koinlocal6.com/news/local/story/Police-Suspect-chokes-girlfriend-with-his/3VU3kHReU0uL6_jUHFv9bQ.cspx" target="_blank">choked his girlfriend with his dreadlocks</a> early Monday morning. </p> <p><div class="blogImageCenter"><img src="https://media1.fdncms.com/bend/imager/caleb-grotberg-is-making-national-news-for-reportedly-choking-his-girlfrien/u/original/2206793/1357668372-dred_choke.jpg" alt="Caleb Grotberg is making national news for reportedly choking his girlfriend with his dreadlocks." title="Caleb Grotberg is making national news for reportedly choking his girlfriend with his dreadlocks. " width="280" height="280" /></p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bendsource.com/bend/ImageArchives?by=2124650" target="_blank"></a></li> <li>Caleb Grotberg is making national news for reportedly choking his girlfriend with his dreadlocks.</li> </ul> </div> <p>Sounds pretty Portland to me, but the best part of the story, by far, is the <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ore-woman-boyfriend-choked-her-dreadlocks#overlay-context=users/vwillis" target="_blank">Associated Press's definition</a> of dreadlocks as "matted ropes of hair," just in case you were confused.</p> <p>I guess we're finally living up to our state stereotype, check around 1:28 to find out what the rest of the country thinks of Oregon. </p> <p><object></object></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/h68UJaHvG_c </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/portland-man-arrested-for-choking-girlfriend-with-dreadlocks-2206790/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=15308&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/portland-man-arrested-for-choking-girlfriend-with-dreadlocks-2206790/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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