A Vadnais Heights City Council member has to undergo mental health counseling for violating a domestic abuse no contact order taken out against him by a former girlfriend.
Ramsey County District Judge Gary Bastian ordered the counseling when he sentenced Terry Nyblom Tuesday morning for violating the court order, court records say.
Nyblom, 54, also received a 90-day stayed sentence and will be placed on probation for one year.
Nyblom pleaded guilty to one count of violating a no contact in early May.
He was served a copy of the order after he was arrested for domestic assault against his former girlfriend and interfering with a 911 last April.
His ex told police at the time that Nyblom made threats to injure and kill her while he’d been drinking and forcibly pulled her up from a chair, leaving her skin bruised.
Nyblom denied the allegations but wound up pleading guilty to disorderly conduct last November after reaching a plea deal.
A couple months later, Nyblom violated his no contact order when he called his ex in January.
He also texted her twice after she hung up on him.
He opted to plead guilty after the state filed a motion of its intent to introduce evidence of Nyblom’s involvement in a separate alleged incident with his former girlfriend should the case go to trial, according to the legal document.
In that incident, his ex reported to the state that Nyblom pushed her after becoming upset and sent her a threatening text message that read:
“If you hold her head underwater long enough, she quit breathing.”
The father of two was first elected to the Vadnais Heights City Council in 2012 and was re-elected to the seat in 2015.
He is works as an auto technician, according to his biography on the city’s website.
Nyblom’s attorney, Beau McGraw, issued the following statement after Tuesday’s sentencing.
“My client made an error in judgement by violating a no contact order which was more than a year (old) by sending a text message saying he still cares about her well-being.”