MARQUETTE, MI-- An Ishpeming man who pleaded no contest to threatening his wife with a knife in May has been sentenced to prison.
On May 15 Ralph Emanuelson, 36, was arrested for holding the knife to his wife’s throat and throwing her to the ground. Emanuelson later shot himself when police went to talk to him at his parent’s home. He suffered only minor injuries.
Emanuelson was charged with felonious assault and domestic violence, 3rdoffense. He pleaded in June to assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced Friday to between 20 months and four years in prison.
