1FREDERICK, MD – A 41-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree assault for violently attacking his partner in a domestic dispute that sent her to the hospital with visible injuries.

Logan Hakeem Young was handed a 25-year sentence in Frederick County Circuit Court, with all but 12 years suspended. Judge Theresa Adams imposed the maximum sentence within Maryland’s guidelines, following a guilty plea entered on April 30.

The charges stem from an incident on August 24, when Frederick police responded around 11 a.m. to a residence on Eagle Rock Lane. A 32-year-old woman reported being strangled and punched repeatedly in the face by Young, her partner, earlier that morning. She also stated that he threatened her with a weapon.

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