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Gary Tank
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com...ting-sexually-assaulting-girlfriend/18184599/OCONTO — A Gillett man faces 10 felony charges [...] girlfriend told authorities he had beaten her [...] with a grill brush and meat tenderizer — sexually assaulted her and held against her will over nine days.
Gary J. Tank, 49, withheld [...] medication for cerebral palsy and seizures and beat her every morning before leaving for work "so she is in too much pain to gather the strength to leave the house," [...]
Tank was charged with first-degree sexual assault, three counts of second-degree sexual assault, false imprisonment, felony intimidation of a victim, substantial battery, aggravated battery, and two counts of strangulation and suffocation.
[...] Circuit Court Judge Jay N. Conley set Tank's bond at $500,000 during his initial appearance [...]
District Attorney Ed Burke said the case is "one of the worst sex assaults I've seen in 25 years" [...] it was "akin to the worst sex crimes we've seen outside this county."
[...] incidents occurred from Oct. 19 through Monday at the home they shared [...]
[...] woman said she'd been beaten with a stick, a grill brush and a meat tenderizer. The woman's face, arms and legs were covered with bruises.
[...] Tank sexually assaulted her three times, once threatening her with a Swiss Army knife. [...] took away her money and cellphone and hid her jackets and clothes, and was holding her against her will.
[...] begged Tank to return her prescription medication, but he refused.
"She believes that Tank denied her medications, as he knows she becomes weak and impaired without them, making it difficult for her to leave the house," the complaint states.
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Tank told the woman [...] landlord would be coming later that day [...] he wanted her out of the house. [...] put the woman and her belongings in a car, and said he would track her down and kill her if she reported the abuse to anyone.
The woman went to the emergency room at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah, were she was examined and initially interviewed by Neenah police officers, who contacted Gillett police.
The total maximum prison term for all 10 counts is 217½ years.