On Friday, April 21st, by the Honorable Mary B. Barglind, in the 41st Circuit Court 29-year-old, Dylan Michael Berger, of Carney was sentenced to 50 months to ten-years in prison for Assault with Intent to do Great Bodily Harm Less Than Murder or by Strangulation, and a separate count of Domestic Violence. The case began on January 22, 2022 when Menominee County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to a trailer home in Harris Township, in response to a 911 dispatch in which “domestic with strangulation” was reported. Deputies located the victim outside in her vehicle. Menominee County Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jerry Karafa says, “in the middle of the night while his girlfriend was sleeping, he jumped on her for no reason at all yelling, “I command you to sleep.”
Karafa says, “when deputies approached the trailer home, they could see in the window that Berger was walking back and forth, becoming disrobed until he was completely naked.”
Berger was convicted on February 15th following a jury trial. Menominee County Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey Rogg says, “I hope that, in addition to the punishment of Mr. Berger, this sentence will serve as a general deterrent to those who would commit domestic violence crimes in Menominee.”
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