Maplewood Man Pleads Guilty to Terrorizing, Assaulting Woodbury Girlfriend

A 40-year-old Maplewood man who pleaded guilty last Friday to two felony domestic violence-related charges is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. on March 16.

Francis Albert Campbell was originally charged with two felonies, two gross misdemeanors and two misdemeanors after a .

Campbell pleaded guilty in Washington County District Court to making terroristic threats and domestic assault by strangulation in exchange for a dismissal of the four misdemeanors.

Campbell also waived his right to a jury trial in the case by virtue of his guilty plea.

First reported on Woodbury Patch on Nov. 27, the victim told Campbell struck her repeatedly and .

Campbell also choked the woman to near unconsciousness several times during the night and repeatedly threatened to kill her daughter.

The terroristic threats charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Domestic assault by strangulation is punishable by up to three years and a $5,000 fine.