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Cheyenne man pleads guilty to strangulation, property destruction

CHEYENNE (WNE) – Eric Earl Carter pleaded guilty to felony strangulation of a household member and felony property destruction in two separate cases as part of a plea agreement.

In the agreement, the state and defendant jointly recommended sentences of three years of probation, with a suspended sentence of three to five years of incarceration, for each count. The sentences would run concurrently.

Additional charges in both cases – two counts of misdemeanor domestic battery (first offense), misdemeanor driving under the influence...