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A Florida man with prior felony convictions is facing charges after reportedly getting into a domestic dispute and forcing the alleged victim’s head into a vat of oil before choking her.

On July 20, a man from Rosewood, Florida, who is a convicted felon was at his home when he and a woman he was with began to argue. The dispute intensified, and the fight allegedly became violent.

The man allegedly grabbed the woman and submerged her head in a vat holding an oily substance. The Sheriff’s Office press release described the gunk as a “tar-like substance” used to treat clam and oyster bags.