(KRON) — A man who picked up his pregnant girlfriend during an argument at her mother’s Menlo Park home and slammed her to the ground, fracturing her spine and ribs, was sentenced to eight years in state prison, the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Michael Anthony Calkins, 34, of Fair Oaks, was sentenced Friday after a jury found him guilty on July 12 of felony domestic violence and assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury. The jury deadlocked 10-2 for guilty on the mayhem charge, which is an intentional act to disfigure or disable another person.
According to prosecutors, Calkins had been dating the victim casually for 15 years, and the relationship had grown closer in the six months leading up to the Dec. 9, 2022, assault. On that day at 6:23 p.m., Calkins returned to his girlfriend’s mother’s home on Windermere Avenue to pick up clothing following an argument earlier in the day.
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“Another angry argument erupted,” the DA’s office said, and Calkins picked up his pregnant girlfriend over his shoulders. Prosecutors noted that Calkins is 6 feet 4 inches tall and 240 pounds, whereas the victim is 5 feet 7 inches tall and 115 pounds. He then threw his girlfriend to the ground, fracturing her spine, breaking four ribs, giving her a black eye, a concussion, and a bruised jaw, shoulder and knees…