36-year-old Wausau man pleads guilty to beating up woman during domestic abuse incident

WAUSAU − A 36-year-old Wausau man charged with trying to kill a woman during a domestic disturbance pleaded guilty Thursday to reduced charges.

Donald E. Warren was charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide as a domestic abuse incident. On Thursday, Marathon County Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Vechinski filed a revised criminal complaint that charged Warren with two counts of felony aggravated battery as a domestic abuse incident, two counts of strangulation, and one count each of false imprisonment, second-degree recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanor battery.

Warren pleaded guilty to the two charges of aggravated battery and Marathon County Circuit Judge Suzanne O'Neill dismissed the remainder of the charges but will consider them during sentencing.

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According to the criminal complaint, on Oct. 11, a caller reported an injured woman believed to be the victim of a domestic abuse incident. An officer contacted the woman and saw "significant" injuries to her face. The woman's right eye was bloodshot and black and blue around it. She had redness on her neck and jaw area and dried blood on her shirt, according to the complaint.

Officers found a knife at the top of the stairs in the home and dried blood on the floor of the kitchen, living room and on bed sheets, according to the complaint.

The woman said Warren had told her to be quiet and then punched her in the face six to eight times, according to the complaint. She said he tried to bash her head against the wall and she tried to block her head from hitting the wall using her arms. An officer saw bruising on both of her arms.

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The woman said Warren strangled her twice and she lost consciousness both times, according to the complaint. Her teeth were loose because of the punches to her face. Warren also stabbed the woman in the abdomen with a knife, leaving a 1-by-2-inch wound, the complaint said. The woman said she had blurry vision and trouble hearing.

The woman said Warren made multiple threats to her in the past to kill her and leave her body in the woods where no one would find her, according to the complaint. Warren also told the woman he would kill her family. She said, during previous incidents, Warren would take her phone and warn her he would kill her if she reported the incidents to police.

Warren is scheduled for sentencing Nov, 19.

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