FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A former state trooper who threatened to kill a woman has pleaded guilty to assault.

The News-Post of Frederick (http://bit.ly/Nggmvw) reports that 38-year-old Eric Paul Funk entered the plea on Monday. Sentencing is set for Tuesday in Frederick County Circuit Court.

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Police say Funk assaulted the woman in February by punching out a window in her home, causing her to be hurt by broken glass. Fun said he planned to kill the woman by hanging her.