WILKES-BARRE — A man from Plains Township pleaded guilty to aggravated assault related to firing a shot at an ex-girlfriend who hid behind a bathroom door inside her Pringle residence in 2023.

David Eugene Phillips. 41, of South Main Street, pleaded guilty to the charge before Luzerne County Judge Joseph F. Sklarosky Jr. Prosecutors withdrew three counts of reckless endangerment and a single count of terroristic threats against Phillips.

Kingston police in court records alleged the woman went into a bathroom inside her house on Grove Street when Phillips kicked the door and discharged a round from a handgun on Sept. 19, 2023.

The woman and two children inside the house were not injured.

Phillips remains free on bail and is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 23.

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