A Cranberry Township man pleaded guilty to strangling and assaulting his girlfriend on a cruise ship in 2022.
Quintin Owens, 28, was sentenced in federal court to 12 months in prison and was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
On Oct. 11, 2022, authorities said Owens violently assaulted his girlfriend, also from Western Pennsylvania, by punching her, throwing her to the ground and strangling her in a choke hold.
Federal district court took over the case because it happened on the high seas.
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