FOX 21 News, KQDS-DT

CASS LAKE - A Cass Lake man got his sentence Monday for his apparent infatuation with another man's wife that nearly turned fatal.

Twenty-five year old John Lutgen will serve nine years in prison for third degree attempted murder and first degree burglary.

Authorities say he broke into a couple's home and beat a woman's husband over the head with a piece of wood while yelling "die!"

The victim suffered a fractured skull and bleeding to the brain.