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Prairie du Chien man charged with strangulation

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A 38-year-old Prairie du Chien man has been charged in Crawford County Circuit Court with one count of strangulation and suffocation and one count of misdemeanor battery. 

Shaun Pitzer faces up to six years and nine months in prison and $20,000 in fines if convicted of both counts.

According to the criminal complaint, Pitzer became angry and began pushing a woman at his residence. The woman slapped at Pitzer to stop him from pushing her around. Pitzer then put his hands on the woman’s neck and began choking her, the complaint said. 

While he was doing this, Pitzer kept telling the woman, “You need to sleep,” the complaint said. The woman was having difficulty breathing and felt as though she were going to lose consciousness. When Pitzer let go of her throat, he began punching the woman in the torso, according to the complaint. Pitzer also bit the woman’s left breast, the complaint said.

When another person showed up, Pitzer stopped and  the woman was able to get away, according to the complaint.

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