BLANCHARDVILLE — A man has signed a $40,000 cash bond after his arrest in a felony domestic abuse case in rural Blanchardville that caused a woman to black out repeatedly and “suffer substantial injuries,” according to the criminal complaint.
Timothy Michael McNamer, 41, Blue Mounds, was charged Nov. 2 with Class C felony counts of kidnapping and attempted second-degree sexual assault with use of force, both of which carry a maximum sentence of 40 years. He’s also charged with lesser felony counts of strangulation, substantial battery and intimidation of a victim and misdemeanor counts of battery, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct.
In addition to the $40,000 cash bond, he has a $10,000 signature bond in the case, with conditions that he have no contact with the victim, her residence, her horses and dogs or with two additional residences in Barneveld.
The case was originally assigned to Green County Judge James Beer, but McNamer successfully requested a judicial substitution. The case is now assigned to Lafayette County Judge Duane Jorgenson.
The case stems from an incident Oct. 31 at McNamer’s former home on Marks Lane in rural Blanchardville. It was reported to police after the victim sought treatment at a medical facility in Dodgeville.
According to deputy reports filed with the criminal complaint:
The woman told deputies she had trouble recalling all the details of what happened because she was choked several times to the point of losing consciousness and suffered a concussion. She also had a broken nose, blurry vision and difficulty swallowing.
She said McNamer became enraged at her and started strangling her and calling her names. She said she kept telling him “I can’t breathe” and “you’re going to kill me,” then she blacked out.
She said she awoke on the floor, at which point he dragged her to the bedroom, tied her hands and feet together, put duct tape over her mouth and ripped off her clothes. She said he was crying in anger as he paced around with a gun in his hand and made threats toward her and her animals.
She said he was worried what she would tell others about the assault, and she told him she’d say she fell down the stairs. She said he had never before been violent with her.
Deputies investigating at the house described seeing blood everywhere on the floor.
When interviewed by police, McNamer said he and the woman had a “scuffle” and that she got mad at him and “slipped on a step,” adding that “it was a fight between couples and nothing dangerous happened.”
State court records show no criminal history for McNamer in Wisconsin besides a misdemeanor conviction of theft by false representation from 2002, for which he was fined and ordered to pay restitution.