News Photo by Reagan Voetberg Shaun Lozen and attorney David Kramer are pictured in the 88th District Court in Alpena on Wednesday.

ALPENA — Shaun Lozen, 46, had his preliminary examination in the 88th District Court in Alpena on Wednesday.

The examination was not completed and will continue at a later date. As of Thursday, a date is yet to be set for the continuation of the examination.

Lozen is charged with two counts of assault with intent to murder, five counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, one count of interference with electronic communications causing injury/death, one count of domestic violence aggravated, and four counts of domestic violence.

Prior to the start of the examination, Lozen’s defense attorneys, Deanna Kelley and David Kramer, presented their arguments for a motion they had submitted to obtain five years worth of phone records from the alleged victim in the case.

The News does not name victims of alleged domestic violence.

Kramer asked for all text messages between the alleged victim and defendant, all photos in which she claims she’s injured, all email communication between her and the defendant, all texts between her and the girls she allegedly tried to run off that were interested in the defendant. He also seeks all communications on the lifestyle apps, and all the coordinates for the alleged dates and times for the alleged acts.

Alpena County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Alyssa Miller said she had no objection to providing text messages and other evidence if the alleged victim’s phone were ordered to be searched by the Michigan state crime lab and not a third party expert.

Thousands of text messages have already been submitted to the investigating law enforcement officer, Nicholas Hayes of the Alpena Police Department, Miller said.

Judge Alan Curtis said he believed the scope of evidence that the motion asked for was too wide and denied the motion.

The preliminary examination began with the alleged victim taking the witness stand.

She testified that she began a relationship with Lozen after meeting him through an online dating service in November 2020. She moved to live with him in Alpena in July 2021.

The alleged victim testified that the first instance of physical abuse occurred on Oct. 1, 2021. The two were arguing and Lozen grabbed her by the neck and threw her on the floor.

Miller showed photographs that the alleged victim had taken after the incident of bruising on her arms and other injuries. She also showed text messages between the alleged victim and Lozen discussing the incident and apologizing to each other.

Another assault occurred on Oct. 28, 2021, where Lozen allegedly held her by the neck. She said her head hit the stove and that Lozen said he was going to kill her.

Other incidents of assault occurred in between then and Aug. 30, 2024 that the alleged victim was asked to describe.

On Aug. 30, 2024, the alleged victim described an incident of assault where she felt like she was actually going to die. Lozen beat her head into the hardwood floor and strangled her.

Miller presented images that the alleged victim took of herself after the incident where she has a black eye. The alleged victim also audio recorded the whole assault on her phone and part of that recording was played in court.

The alleged victim said that the relationship officially ended for her on Jan. 18, 2026 and the last day she communicated with Lozen via text was Jan. 26, 2026.

The alleged victim was asked multiple times why she stayed with Lozen and she said that she loved him and wanted to “love him into loving himself.”

Miller completed her questions but there was not enough time for Lozen’s attorneys to cross-examine the witness. That will be done at a later date.

Kramer said early in the hearing that the defendant contends that the alleged victim has blackmailed him into continuing the relationship over the past five years.

Before the conclusion of the hearing for the day, the attorneys presented arguments for an alleged bond violation by Lozen.

There was a Facebook account created under the name ‘Shaun Elliot’, according to the alleged victim, that in June had viewed three of her stories on Facebook. The account used a profile picture of Lozen that she stated she had taken of him.

Kramer asked the alleged victim whether she had a way to know that Lozen created the Facebook page and whether she had any IP addresses that she could trace back to Lozen. She answered “no” to both questions.

Kramer then asked that if Lozen’s brother had made the account without his knowledge whether she would be able to refute that, to which she answered “no.”

Judge Curtis denied the bond violation saying that the name of the account and nothing more is not sufficient to show that the defendant created the account or viewed the stories.