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The case against a Hancock man accused of attacking a woman in Lake Linden is moving forward.
41-year-old Jeremy Vernon Looper waived his preliminary hearing in 97th District Court and was bound over to circuit court.
Looper is charged with 1st Degree Home Invasion which is a felony punishable by 20 years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine.
He is also charged with Assault With A Deadly Weapon without intending to commit murder, which carries a maximum penalty of 4 years in prison and/or $2,000 fine.
He is currently being held on a $500,000 cash bond.
Police say he assaulted a Lake Linden woman with a knife in her apartment in late June.
Looper is scheduled to be arraigned in Houghton County Circuit Court later this month.
