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Related Tags: Animal Cruelty, Cat, Chaska, Domestic Assault, Michael Trudeau, Terroristic Threats
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Chaska man faces charges of assault, making terroristic threats andmistreating animals after he allegedly beat his girlfriend, bit part of her ear off, threatened to killher several times, and dismembered her cat in the apartment living room.
Michael Trudeau, 51, is charged with one count of firstdegree assault, two counts of terroristicthreats and one count of mistreating animals. The charges stem from an incident on Sunday thatled to Trudeau being shocked with a stun gun and arrested.
According to a criminal complaint, police officers in Chaska responded that night to the CedarCreek Apartments on a domestic assault call. When they arrived, officers found a 42yearoldwoman covered in blood, shaking and cowering in the corner.
The woman told police that Trudeau, whom she’d been dating for about two years, had severelybeaten her after drinking vodka all afternoon. She said that Trudeau assaulted her while the two
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were arguing about their relationship. He reportedly choked her, slammed her head onto theground and told her repeatedly she was “going to die tonight.”
She said she lost consciousness several times throughout the assault.
At one point, Trudeau allegedly tried to shove an umbrella down the woman’s throat. The womansaid she retaliated by biting down on his finger, and that’s when Trudeau leaned over and bit offpart of the woman’s ear before spitting it out in front of her.
After five hours of surgery, the woman’s ear was not able to be reattached, the complaint states.She also suffered a displaced retina, from when Trudeau allegedly gouged her eyes.
The woman told police she was only able to escape the beating after bargaining with Trudeau.
She said she’d been afraid of him for weeks, ever since Trudeau killed her cat in the middle of theliving room. He’d allegedly lit the cat on fire, choked it to death and cut its head off with kitchenscissors. The woman said Trudeau threatened he could do the same to her.
The complaint states that officers arrested Trudeau in the apartment where the assault tookplace. They found him covered in blood, and he appeared as though he was going to engageofficers. When it looked like he was searching for a weapon, officers used a stun gun to shockhim. Trudeau was described as “extremely agitated,” and said he wanted the officers to shoothim.
He is currently in custody. If convicted, he could face a maximum penalty of 34 years in prisonand/or a $60,000 fine.
Trudeau has previously been convicted of torturing an animal and domestic assault bystrangulation.
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