A 30-year-old Westland man has entered no-contest pleas for charges related to his alleged false imprisonment of his pregnant Warren ex-girlfriend last year.

Dakota Varana pleaded to charges of attempted unlawful imprisonment and domestic violence Monday in Macomb County Circuit Court in Mount Clemens related to accusations he imprisoned Stephanie Sharp on Sept. 6, 2024, before the incident ended 2-½ days later following a police chase in Westland.

Varana pleaded under a plea deal with Macomb prosecutors who offered to dismiss charges of unlawful imprisonment and interfering with electronic communications.

Varana, who remains held in the county jail, will be ordered by Judge James Maceroni to serve between two and five years in prison at his Nov. 12 sentencing, under a deal with the ju

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