Jarion Brown, left, speaks with Dartmouth College football teammate Jack Katzman during a Sept. 1, 2015, practice shortly after his arrival from Baldwin, Lou., for his freshman year. Brown, a receiver who has suffered two knee injuries since joining the Big Green, has rarely practiced and never played in a game for the program. (Valley News - Tris Wykes) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Jarion Brown, left, speaks with Dartmouth College football teammate Jack Katzman during a Sept. 1, 2015, practice shortly after his arrival from Baldwin, Lou., for his freshman year. Brown, a receiver who has suffered two knee injuries since joining the Big Green, has rarely practiced and never played in a game for the program. (Valley News - Tris Wykes) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News file photograph

Hanover — A 21-year-old Dartmouth College student has been arrested and arraigned on assault charges after police say he attacked his romantic partner in his dormitory study hall, according to an affidavit filed in the case.

Jarion Brown pleaded not guilty earlier this week to felony second-degree domestic assault and misdemeanor domestic simple assault.

Raegina Hill told police she was studying with Brown last Saturday afternoon in Andres Hall when the pair began to argue about sexual partners. Brown and Hill had broken up but were still intimate, according to the affidavit.

“At one point, Mr. Brown was close to Ms. Hill, so Ms. Hill pushed Mr. Brown away from her,” the affidavit said. “Mr. Brown grabbed Ms. Hill by the neck with his hands and pushed her across the room, where her head hit the wall.”

The pair continued to argue, the affidavit said. Hill asked to get her belongings from Brown’s room and “Mr. Brown pushed Ms. Hill into a chair, stood over her and began choking her again. Ms. Hill told Mr. Brown she could not breathe, to which Mr. Brown replied, ‘Good, you should die. I should’ve done that the first time,’ ” according to the affidavit.

A Hanover police officer observed a fresh scratch on the side of Hill’s neck during an interview, the affidavit said.

When asked by police about the incident, Brown said he and Hill got into a “pretty bad” argument but said that beyond that, “nothing really” happened, according to the affidavit.

Police arrested Brown, set bail at $7,500 cash and transported him to the Grafton County House of Corrections in North Haverhill. He has since made bail.

An email sent to Brown wasn’t returned.

Brown’s attorney, George Ostler, declined to comment, as did Grafton County Attorney Lara Saffo. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Grafton County Attorney Mariana Pastore.

Although Brown is still listed as a student in the college directory, spokeswoman Diana Lawrence said on Wednesday that Brown “is not enrolled at Dartmouth.”

Brown was a member of the football team, but Rick Bender, Dartmouth’s director of varsity athletic communications, said that he has been suspended indefinitely from the team “pending resolution of the charges.”

According to a Dartmouth sports biography, Brown is from Baldwin, La., and is a member of the Class of 2019.

Brown’s case is Grafton County’s first Felonies First case, Grafton Superior Court Clerk David Carlson said. Felonies First is a pilot project aimed at streamlining all felony court cases and any related misdemeanor charges by sending them straight to Superior Court instead of beginning them in District Court.

Brown’s case will be presented to a grand jury for possible indictment. An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but rather a finding by a grand jury that there is sufficient evidence for a prosecutor to proceed with a criminal case.

His next court hearing hasn’t been scheduled.

Jordan Cuddemi can be reached at jcuddemi@vnews.com or 603-727-3248.