A 41-year-old Burnsville, Minnesota, man is accused of choking his young daughter, leading to an hourslong standoff with police on Sunday .
The man was charged on Tuesday in Dakota County with felony domestic assault by strangulation and a gross misdemeanor charge of malicious punishment of a child.
Court documents state the suspect’s daughter called 911 to report her father first “cornered her and used his body to push her against the counter.” She then slapped him, leading him to allegedly choke her before throwing her “to the ground by her ponytail and shoulder.” She said her sibling was present during the attack…