ESCANABA, Mich. (AP) - A former Michigan Republican State Committee member has been found guilty of extortion and using a computer to commit a crime. [WBDC-AM reports](http://kmbbroadcasting.com/wykx/index.php) 52-year-old Doug Sedenquist was convicted Thursday for attempting to demand certain conditions in a divorce with his ex-wife. The Escanaba man threatened to disclose alleged privacy violations in connection with her nursing job. He was found not guilty of stalking. Sedenquist's attorney says he suffered from depression. [He says Sedenquist's alleged suicide attempt and standoff with police in Green Bay, Wisconsin,](http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/09/michigan_gop_official_charged.html) in 2013 was the result of despair from his divorce. Sedenquist faces a felony charge for not complying with police. He faces 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine for extortion and 20 years or more and a $20,000 fine for the use of a computer in a felony.