Rural Ponsford man receives more than 2 years in prison for domestic violence charges

Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – A rural Ponsford man was sentenced to more than two years in prison for multiple domestic violence charges stemming from a series of incidents between January and May.

According to court records, on May 22, Becker County deputies responded to a call of domestic assault at a Ponsford residence.

Upon arrival, they found 26-year-old Lukas Devlen Fineday, of rural Ponsford, sleeping inside a camper and a woman in the residence, who was found hiding under a bed.

The woman told the deputies the two were in a relationship and that Fineday choked her. She said the abuse had been occurring for more than five months and she began to experience tunnel vision during some of the choking episodes.

Fineday was arrested at the scene.

The woman also said, one night in March, Fineday zip tied her feet and hands behind her back and left her that way until morning when he cut the ties with a machete.

During an interview the following day with law enforcement, deputies noticed distinctive bruising around the woman’s neck, where it appeared as if someone was grasping her from the front with both hands. Bruising was also found on other parts of the woman’s body

In November, Fineday was sentenced to 28 months in prison with credit for 107 days served in addition to paying fines and court fees from his prison earnings.