Nauman sentenced to 36 years in prison

Andrew Michael Nauman was sentenced Thursday to a combined 36 years of initial confinement for four felony convictions involving two women. After leaving prison, he will serve another 22 years on extended supervision, bringing the combined sentences in the two cases to 58 years.
Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Todd Bjerke sentenced Nauman, 41, on Sept. 17. The longest sentence resulted from the October 2024 death of a woman in Sparta. Nauman pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide and strangulation and suffocation in that case.
For the first-degree reckless homicide conviction, Nauman received 23 years of initial confinement followed by 15 years of extended supervision. Bjerke imposed another three years of confinement and two years of supervision for the strangulation conviction. Those sentences will be served consecutively, giving Nauman 26 years of initial confinement and 17 years of extended supervision in the homicide case.
The court ordered those terms to run consecutively to Nauman’s sentences in a separate case involving another woman.
In that case, filed in June 2024, Nauman pleaded guilty to strangulation and suffocation and first-degree recklessly endangering safety. He received three years of confinement and two years of extended supervision for strangulation. For recklessly endangering safety, he received seven years of confinement followed by three years of supervision. The court also ordered those sentences to run consecutively. They add 10 years of confinement and five years of extended supervision to the sentences imposed in the homicide case.
In all, Nauman received 36 years of initial confinement followed by 22 years of extended supervision.
At approximately 8:50 a.m. on Oct. 6, 2024, Sparta police were called to the 100 block of West Oak Street about an injured woman. Officers found Ticara Manning suffering from life-threatening injuries. She was flown to a trauma hospital for treatment. She passed away Oct. 17, 2024.
Nauman was initially arrested on suspicion of felony bail jumping, because he was free on a felony bond in the earlier case. After further investigation, police recommended charges that included attempted first-degree intentional homicide, aggravated battery, and disorderly conduct.
The charges changed as the case moved through court. Nauman ultimately pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide and strangulation and suffocation under a negotiated agreement.
Conditions of Nauman’s extended supervision prohibit him from contacting the victims or their families. He must complete alcohol and other drug-abuse, mental-health, and domestic-violence assessments and follow any recommended treatment or counseling.