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PD: PHX man, 71, arrested on sex assault charges

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A 71-year-old Phoenix man was arrested Monday after sexually abusing a woman and slicing her throat.

Officers received two domestic violence-related calls from a residence near 15th Avenue and Missouri around 3 a.m. where they found a woman seeking shelter in a neighbor's apartment.

She told police that she and Kenneth Rhodes were arguing before he started punching her. He then put a large kitchen knife to her neck and threatened to kill her before forcing her to take off her clothes.

According to police documents, the weapon was found in the apartment.

Rhodes was reportedly arrested on charges of sexual abuse, sexual assault, kidnapping and attempted murder.