A Bradenton man was sentenced to 12 months of house arrest for attacking a former girlfriend in Holmes Beach.
Dustan Swihart, 44, pleaded no contest May 11 in 12th Circuit Court to a felony count of battery after a prior conviction and a misdemeanor count of criminal mischief.
Judge Edward Nicholas withheld Swihart’s adjudication on the battery and ordered the house arrest, followed by 12 months of probation, including electronic monitoring for the first six months. The judge ordered Swihart to have no contact with the victim and postponed a possible order of restitution.
On the criminal mischief charge, Nicholas adjudicated Swihart guilty and sentenced him to credit for time served.
Swihart’s case stems from his June 2017 arrest by Holmes Beach police in the 300 block of 63rd Street, where he allegedly kicked in a door to a bathroom, grabbed a woman’s neck and threw her into a closet.
Court records show Swihart was convicted and sentenced in 2011 to six years in Oklahoma state prison for trafficking illegal drugs in Canadian County, Oklahoma.
Swihart was assessed $1,165 in court costs and fines, according to court records.