GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, MI -- Former Traverse City manager Jered Ottenwess was sentenced Monday to two years of probation for domestic violence and attempted assault of a police officer and could have his record sealed from public view.

Police responded to Ottenwess' home Feb. 16 after his mother called 911 to say he was tearing up the house.

When police arrived, one officer noted Ottenwess was extremely intoxicated and struggling to stand. He transitioned between moments of crying and loud laughing and ran through his yard with bare feet and no coat, the officer wrote in a police report.

The officers handcuffed Ottenwess and placed him into an ambulance, where he said he was going to "(expletive) kill" one of the officers. He was placed in restraints at the hospital, the police report said.

According to the report, a blood-alcohol test showed a level of 0.39, nearly five times the legal driving limit of 0.08.

As part of his probation, Ottenwess must submit to regular alcohol and drug testing, finish an an alcohol treatment program and take part in a 26-week batterers intervention program looking at the root causes of domestic violence, Grand Traverse Prosecutor Bob Cooney said.

Michigan law allows defendants who have not previously been convicted of an assaultive crime to defer sentencing pending the successful completion of probation in a first-time case of domestic violence. Once probation is completed successfully, the court can dismiss the proceedings against that person without adjudication of guilt.

Ottenwess will have this opportunity, and unless he violates probation and is found guilty, his court record pertaining to the domestic violence case will not be public, per state guidelines, Cooney said.

Cooney called Ottenwess' probation a standard sentence, and said he sees similar penalties in about 400 cases of domestic violence each year. Typically, the term of probation is only one year, Cooney said, but in the case of Ottenwess, the two years was likely given because of a high blood-alcohol content and the level of assaultive conduct.

Ottenwess earlier pleaded no contest to the charges and has resigned from his position as the Traverse City manager.

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