BAY CITY, MI — A Bay City man is charged with a 10-year felony due to police alleging he attacked another man that he and his wife had invited into their home and with whom they had engaged in sexual acts.

About 11:44 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, police were sent to the McLaren Bay Region hospital emergency room after a patient there said he had just been assaulted. The patient, 20-year-old Michael A. Chaney, told officers he is homeless and had been living with Martin R. Miller, 30, and his wife, Daniela D. Miller, 24, at their Bay City residence for about a week, court records show.

Daniela Miller was with Chaney at the hospital. She and Chaney gave police similar accounts, saying they and Martin Miller shared a sexual experience about three days prior. In the wake of that encounter, Daniela Miller and Chaney remained romantic without Martin Miller's knowledge, Chaney said, according to court records.

"Martin became jealous after we had a threesome because Daniela started to distance herself from him," Chaney said.

Earlier in the evening of Sept. 12, Chaney was cooking hamburger meat while the Millers were in a bathroom, they said. Chaney brought a spoonful of meat into the bathroom to have them taste-test it, but Martin Miller threw the meat into the tub in which his wife bathed, both Chaney and Daniela Miller told police.

Chaney brought a second spoonful of meat, and Martin Miller again tossed it into the tub water, the witnesses told police. Chaney told Miller to stop wasting food and walked into another room. Martin Miller followed him and threatened to beat him up, Chaney said.

Chaney told Miller to go ahead, at which point Miller kicked him in the chest, pushed his wife out of the way and choked Chaney, both Chaney and Daniela Miller told police. Chaney said Miller told him he was going to kill him, then he blacked out. When he awoke, he and Daniela Miller walked to the hospital, they said.

Police went to the Millers' home and spoke with Martin Miller. He confirmed much of the accounts given by his wife and Chaney, saying he threw the hamburger in the tub as a joke and that Chaney was being an "(expletive)hole."

Miller told police he asked his wife why she always takes Chaney's side in a dispute. He also said that Chaney called his bluff when he threatened to beat him up.

"I am a marine," Miller told police. "When someone challenges me I go into kill mode."

Miller told police he choked Chaney, but didn't recall if he kicked him or not.

"He didn't lose consciousness," he added, "but I did it hard enough for him to know."

Police arrested Miller.

Bay County Chief District Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Monday, Sept. 15, arraigned Martin Miller on one count of assault by strangulation, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. At the arraignment, Miller told the judge he served with the U.S. Marine Corps from 2002 through 2005, received an honorable discharge, and he currently receives Social Security Income, as he has bipolar disorder.

Miller is to appear for a preliminary examination at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 29.