A 30-year-old Oak Harbor man accused of choking and trying to rape his girlfriend may face as much as 10 years in prison if convicted of two felony counts.

Prosecutors charged Kevin T. Adams in Island County Superior Court Aug. 7 with second-degree assault and second-degree attempted rape. Both counts were charges as domestic-violence related counts.

The alleged victim and Adams were in the process of breaking up when Adams came home drunk and became violent on Aug. 4, according to a report by Officer Jennifer Gravel with the Oak Harbor Police Department.

Adams got on top of the woman in bed and choked her until she started losing consciousness; he called her a “whore” and tried to force her things apart and her underwear down, the officer’s report states.

When she resisted, he kneed her between the legs and spat in her face; he told her he would rather go to prison than be without her and then left, Gravel wrote.

The woman sustained bruising from the assault.

A deputy found Adams passed on in his car, which was parked outside of his ex-girlfriend’s home in Coupeville.

The police report details Adams’ extensive criminal history, which includes burglary, assault and a kidnapping charge.

“His criminal history illustrates a habit over the past approximately 10 years of assaultive behavior and felony convictions,” Gravel wrote.