A Warren man who pled guilty to biting a woman during a domestic situation was sentenced to a period in the county jail on Friday.

Dennis L. Wedge was sentenced by President Judge Maureen Skerda on Friday at the Warren County Courthouse.

He pled guilty to simple assault on Feb. 7

Wedge had initially been charged with a much more serious slate of charges including aggravated assault and strangulation, which were not prosecuted as part of the plea.

City of Warren Police was dispatched on April 18, 2018, to Dennis Wedge’s 413-1/2 Fourth Ave. residence on a report of an assault.

While involved with an alleged victim, the second victim, police allege, “attempted to intervene” and “when she did (Wedge) bit her right ring finger causing two laceration(s) and bleeding.”

It was for that offense that Wedge pled guilty.

Skerda noted that Wedge has detainers for his arrest in Lehigh and Northampton counties.

Wedge’s counsel, Elizabeth Feronti, said that the detainers are part of the reason behind expediting sentencing in this case. She said both detainers were a result of the filing of these charges.

Feronti told the court this case was going to trial but “neither one of them (the victims) wanted to pursue the matter. Her reluctance in this matter has been ongoing.”

She noted he has had no misconducts in the jail.

“He’s someone else’s problem, as well,” Feronti said of Wedge, asking for a time served sentence. “He’s got bigger issues down there. These other counties are the best place to deal with him….”

First Assistant District Attorney Cody Brown noted that the Commonwealth and the victim have “differing opinions in this case.”

Wedge detailed his mental health treatment and told Skerda that he only “vaguely remember(s) a lot of” the incident and said he didn’t believe his conduct was malicious.

Skerda said letters from his mother indicate he has done nothing wrong, is a good son and is “misunderstood” before reading from the letters.

She then went through Wedge’s prior record dating to 1997 which includes a multitude of DUIs, thefts, and charges including burglary, disorderly conduct, false imprisonment, false identification to law enforcement and simple assault.

Skerda told him that the “circumstances” of his conduct could have resulted in far more serious consequences.

Skerda sentenced him on the count of simple assault to nine months to 23 1/2 months incarceration in the county jail with credit for 98 days time served, $775 in fines and fees and work release/early re-entry eligibility.