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Husband charged after wife faced night of terror in alleged Southampton kidnapping, assault
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SOUTHAMPTON - Police say a fight between a Springfield couple Sunday night escalated Monday into violence and death threats after David Smith allegedly kidnapped his wife from their son's home before returning to town, where he was arrested in a restaurant. Smith, 59, broke down in tears as he pleaded innocent Tuesday in Northampton District Court to charges of assault and battery, kidnapping, intimidating a witness, threatening to commit a crime, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (shod foot) and assault to commit a felony.
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