A Weymouth Township man admitted Wednesday that he fired a gun at his girlfriend and responding police during a domestic incident in 2020.
James Weinerman, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree aggravated assault.
He faces eight years in prison under the plea agreement, which requires him to serve at least 85 percent of the sentence before he is eligible for parole.
State Police were called to his residence on South Jersey Avenue on Sept. 12, 2020, after he fired a long gun at his girlfriend, according to the charges.
The woman told police at the time that a verbal argument had escalated to the point where Weinerman wouldn’t let her or the children leave the home.
He said that no one would leave when he “shoots the engine block off her car,” according to the report.
Weinerman then fired a single round from a long gun, striking the front of the victim’s car while she was within 10 feet of it.
That’s when 911 was called.
Weinerman then barricaded himself inside the residence and refused to come out.
Crisis negotiators established contact with Weinerman. State Police got into position with two armored police vehicles, called Bearcats, for a possible breach.
After about five minutes, Weinerman fired several rounds out of an open rear doorway in the direction of one of the Bearcats, which had about 10 state troopers either in the vehicle or behind it.
These rounds also struck other unoccupied vehicles in close proximity of the troopers, causing police to retreat into the Bearcat.
Weinerman agreed to exit the residence and surrender to law enforcement after several hours of negotiations.
He forcefully resisted arrest, which led to a K-9 deployment. Weinerman was bit when police tried to handcuff him.
Weinerman is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 14.
