California man sentenced for strangling the mother of his child and stomping on her face

OROVILLE, Calif. (TCN) -- A 28-year-old man will spend time behind bars for hiding in the home of his child's mother and then attacking her.

The Butte County District Attorney's Office said that on Sept. 11, a judge sentenced Nathan Sumpter to two years and eight months in state prison after he previously pleaded no contest to felony charges of assault likely to cause great bodily injury and dissuading a witness, as well as a misdemeanor for violating a restraining order.

According to prosecutors, on the night of July 8, Sumpter went to the home of his child’s mother, violating an active restraining order. Law enforcement responded, and Sumpter reportedly hid and "threatened the victim and her family if she reported his presence."

Authorities left the home and didn't arrest Sumpter, who later "punched the victim in the face and strangled her."

The district attorney's office said, "Sumpter’s brutality continued the next morning when he strangled her to the point of unconsciousness and stomped on her face in front of their 2-year-old child."

Sumpter reportedly called the victim's aunt and said the mother of his child was unresponsive. The aunt then went to the home before law enforcement was called to the scene. Authorities said the victim underwent treatment for a fractured eye socket.

Sumpter had reportedly fled the home but was later apprehended.

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey reportedly "emphasized the insidious nature of domestic violence as it occurs out of sight behind closed doors and its negative effects on families and the community at large."

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