The 35-year-old North Platte man Ricardo Diaz received a sentence of 14 to 36 months in prison for acts committed in November of 2011 and other incidents.

Diaz was sentenced on Monday in Lincoln County District Court for strangulation, refusing to submit a chemical test and tampering with a witness.

The victim and girl friend of Diaz, Beth Reichenberg, told authorities Diaz stopped taking his anti-depressants last November and began drinking when he tried to choke her.

Authorities say Diaz tried to get Reichenberg to change her statement while he was serving time in jail.