1/5/14 - The trial is underway for a New York man who police say attacked and sexually assaulted his girlfriend while staying at a hotel in Howell. A preliminary exam was held for 30-year-old Michael Joseph Turner in Livingston County District Court on Thursday. He is being charged with unlawful imprisonment, assault by strangulation, and assault with intent to commit sexual penetration. Those charges stem from an incident on December 12th, when Howell Police say they were called to the Kensington Inn for reports of a woman banging on doors and shouting for help. Officers say they found the woman badly injured, and learned that she was visiting from New York with her boyfriend. She claims that earlier that night he accused her of cheating on him, which she denied. Police say the argument led to a domestic incident, and that Turner choked the woman, threw her against a mirror, struck her repeatedly, and forced himself on her. Police say they found Turner visiting friends at another nearby hotel and arrested him. He is being held in the Livingston County Jail on a $500,000 bond. (TD)
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