A Dubuque man has been sentenced for violently assaulting a woman in Dubuque earlier this year. 33-year old Queinson Potter received a sentence of 7 years in prison for an assault which took place on June 21st. Potter pled guilty in Dubuque County District Court to charges of willful injury causing bodily injury, false imprisonment and third-degree criminal mischief. Police charged Potter after he assaulted the woman while inside a vehicle leaving her badly bruised and also reportedly pulled her seat belt around her neck so hard he was lifting her out of her seat.