MARQUETTE, MI-- A sentencing date has not yet been set for a Sawyer man found guilty of strangling his girlfriend but not guilty of attempted murder.
Steven DeValle, 42, was arrested July 4 after a woman said he had choked her and prevented her from using a cell phone to call 911. He was charged with attempted murder, assault by strangulation, fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, and interfering with electronic communications, causing injury or death.
DeValle stood trial last week in Marquette County Circuit Court. The jury found him not guilty of the attempted murder and CSC charges, but guilty of the strangulation and communications charges.
He faces up to 14 years in prison.
