A 28-year-old man has been accused of threatening to shoot
his wife while she breastfed their baby in a string of abuse going back ten
years, police say.
Nicholas George Lehmeier, of Cold Springs, faces one felony
count of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon - a firearm - in connection to an incident in July last
year, reported CBS Minnesota.
The complaint against Legmeier was held by his wife Monday,
who told police that she has been subjected to physical and verbal abuse for
over ten years.
Deputies were called to their home after reports of child
abuse on February 8.
In her statement the wife also recalled the incident last
year, when Legmeier allegedly took a 12-gauge shotgun, loaded it and pointed it
at her while breastfeeding their four-month-old son.
She said she remembered him cocking the gun and pulling the
trigger about three to four feet from her, but it didn’t go off, says CBS.
She believed he was going to kill her but he then fired the
gun out of a window.
The incident allegedly happened the first night they were
able to bring their child home after they had had their five children removed
from their home due to a prior incident, where Lehmeier was charged and
convicted with assaulting their seven-year-old child.
The terrified mother says she hadn't told authorities before
because she had been 'too afraid'.
She added that he 'always' threatened to kill her or the
children.
He is also accused of raping her and after he told her
'because they were married she had to have sex with him'.
If convicted, Lehmeier faces up to seven years in prison
and/or a $14,000 fine.
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