Strangulation suspect avoids prison time

NORWALK — A Wakeman man who previously pleaded guilty to felony domestic violence and strangulation has avoided prison time. At a court hearing on Nov. 4, Anthony M. Storrer, 38, of the 5800 block of U.S. 20, was convicted on one amended count of strangulation and one amended count of domestic violence, each a fourth-degree felony. The strangulation charge was amended from a third-degree felony to a fourth-degree felony. Storrer pleaded guilty to the two charges on Sept. 22 in exchange for one additional count of strangulation, a third-degree felony, to be dismissed, according to his guilty plea form. Huron County Common Pleas Court Judge James Conway ordered Storrer to serve three years of probation, according to his sentencing sheet. Background Huron County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested Storrer on July 12 and booked him into the Huron County Jail on one count of domestic violence and one count of strangulation, both fifth-degree felonies. Deputies responded to Storrer's address that day for a disturbance, according to a Huron County Sheriff's Office report. According to charging documents from the Norwalk Municipal Court, Storrer caused physical harm to the woman by placing his hands around her neck, "causing her pain and injury." Storrer was later indicted by a Huron County grand jury on two counts of strangulation, each a third-degree felony, and one count of domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony.