Man Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence For Domestic Assault, Strangulation

A man on a suspended sentence in two other cases has been sentenced to four years in prison for domestic assault and strangulation.

An affidavit said Mario Verner grabbed a woman by the throat, threw her to the ground and pointed a gun at her.

He then kicked in a bathroom door where the victim's sister was protecting the children and hit her in the head.

The records said the children ran to a neighbor's house while Verner was trying to kill their mother.