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A 52-year-old Lincoln man who hog-tied a woman he thought was knocking too loudly on a neighbor's door in July pleaded no contest to third-degree assault in a deal with prosecutors.

Lancaster County Judge Matt Acton sentenced Bruce Spencer on Wednesday to 300 days in jail for what happened at an apartment complex south of the Capitol on July 4.

A 25-year-old woman told police at 6:30 p.m. that night she was trying to see if her sister was in her apartment near 16th and D streets when Spencer came out of his apartment, put her in a chokehold and punched her in the face.

She said he hog-tied her and strangled her to a point where she temporarily lost consciousness.

Witnesses called police, who found the woman with her hands bound behind her back and bruises on her face.

Spencer told police the woman had caused a disturbance there earlier that day and returned. He said she was trespassing.

Spencer originally was charged with felonies. Prosecutors reduced it Wednesday to the misdemeanor.

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