A 25-year-old man is being held in Island County jail after allegedly choking his father while threatening to kill him, according to court documents.

Prosecutors charged Jeremy L. Thompson, a Port Angeles resident, in Island County Superior Court Aug. 12 with first-degree burglary and second-degree assault.

If convicted of the charges against him, Thompson could face up to six years and three months in prison under the standard sentencing range.

He’s being held in jail on $100,000 bail.

A deputy with the Island County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a domestic-violence-related assault on North Whidbey on Aug. 15.

The victim reported that his son, Thompson, had been at his house earlier in the day and started “going nuts,” the deputy wrote in his report. He told his son to leave, which he did after an argument.

The man said he went outside a short time later and noticed Thompson’s truck parked at a neighbor’s house, then he began to hear banging noises inside his own home.

He went back inside. He said his son “sucker punched” him in the mouth, according to the report.

The father said Thompson punched him again and that he fell to the floor; Thompson put him in “an extremely tight” chokehold and he immediately had trouble breathing, the deputy wrote in his report.

Thompson threatened that he was going to kill the older man twice while they struggled, the report indicates.

The man was able to escape after they both fell sideways.

The victim suffered a swollen lip and the deputy observed large red marks on his neck. He nearly passed out while walking to a car and was transported to the hospital.

The deputy originally arrested Thompson on suspicion of attempted murder.