MARQUETTE, MI— A Marquette man has been arrested for trying to kill another man.
City Police were dispatched Sunday around 9 p.m. to a house on the 1500 block of Norway Avenue on a report of a possible homicide. They discovered the suspect, John Fitzpatrick Dewey-Jones, 51, allegedly strangled the victim into unconsciousness with the intent to kill him.
Dewey-Jones was arrested for assault with intent to commit murder and lodged in the Marquette County Jail.
The victim was taken to UPHS-Marquette for treatment of his injuries.
Assault with intent to murder is punishable by up to life in prison.
