LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A 22-year-old Lincoln man has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for choking a woman who wouldn’t turn down the volume on her iPod.

Phillip May had pleaded guilty to assault. May was sentenced on Wednesday.

Police and medical personnel were sent to an apartment early on Dec. 15 because a 19-year-old woman had a breathing problem. Court records say May told officers he had pressed down on the woman’s throat. May said he was upset because the woman wouldn’t lower the music volume despite his three requests. She was his roommate’s girlfriend.