Dayton man accused of beating, choking and sexually assaulting woman in Trotwood

A Dayton man indicted Friday is accused of beating a woman with a pistol, choking her until she passed out and sexually assaulting her over the Fourth of July holiday in Trotwood.

Ronnie J. Brown, 44, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court for rape, felonious assault, abduction, tampering with evidence, strangulation and four counts of having weapons while under disability for prior drug convictions and offenses of violence.