Jie Yu

HAZEL PARK — An 18-year minimum prison sentence has been handed down in the case of a Rochester woman who formed a crush on a man she saw at the gym and stalked his girlfriend, pistol-whipping her outside a home in Hazel Park.

Jie Yu, now 53, was sentenced in Oakland County Circuit Court before Judge Yasmine Poles on May 20 after being found guilty April 10.

Yu was sentenced on seven counts, including one count of assault with intent to murder, which carries a minimum 18 years in prison and maximum 60 years; two felony weapons charges, each with a two-year sentence; and three counts of aggravated stalking and one count of carrying a concealed weapon, all punishable by a minimum of two years and maximum of five years.

She has the right to file for an appeal and will also receive

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