Man threatens to cut woman’s tongue

A Bloomington man was arrested Tuesday after threatening to cut off a woman’s tongue.\nBloomington police were dispatched to the 600 block of South Ridgecrest Court. about 4:30 p.m. in response to a call from a female complainant, Bloomington Police Department Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nThe woman told officers she got into an argument with her boyfriend, 45-year-old Otis Kevin Pye. Pye had told the woman he was upset because she was “backtalking” him, then threatened to cut her tongue out, Canada said. While the woman was in the kitchen, Pye grabbed her by the mouth and picked up a knife, as if he was going to cut her tongue out, Canada said. \nAfter a brief struggle, Pye dropped the knife and began punching the victim in the stomach. The victim eventually picked up the knife and held Pye at bay long enough to escape to a neighbor’s home and call police.\nCanada said that when officers talked to Pye, he changed his story several times. Pye was arrested for intimidation with a deadly weapon, a Class C felony, and domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor.