A Glouster man charged with three felonies stemming from the same incident in March accepted a plea agreement for a lesser sentence Tuesday.
Matthew Boivin, 22, was charged with felonious assault, endangering children and domestic violence after knowingly harming his son and choking and threatening his wife between March 20 and March 22, last year, according to court documents.
His son, Matthew J. Boivin, Jr., now one, suffered shaken baby syndrome with a retinol hemorrhage and brain contusions resulting in partial paralysis and blindness, according to the documents.
He then attempted to stop individuals from taking the child, 2 months old at the time of the incident, to the hospital, according to the documents.
Boivin also threatened and choked his wife, Amber Boivin, 22, after she returned home from work at Walmart, according to the documents.
Because of a separate incident in May 2009 contained in the same indictment, Boivin received a fourth charge of domestic violence which was merged into his endangering children charge from the incident in March, according to Athens County Prosecutor C. David Warren.
The merging of the charge for the plea agreement added a child endangering count to the agreement, Warren said.
The charge was merged because it stemmed from a different incident than the other three charges, Warren said.
On Tuesday, Boivin pleaded guilty to felonious assault, domestic violence and two counts of endangering children as part of the agreement. He accepted the agreement for a maximum prison term of 17 years and six months and a maximum fine of $36,000, neither of which is mandatory, according to the documents.
However, the agreement recommends a sentence of four years and 11 months, according to the documents.
If convicted at a trial, Boivin could have spent a maximum of 18 years in prison and paid a maximum fine of $36,000, according to the Ohio Revised Code.
As part of the agreement, Boivin could be released Dec. 21, 2012, if the prison warden's report is favorable, according to the documents.
Boivin cannot file for release until October 2012 and is required to take parenting classes, either in prison or once released as part of the agreement, according to the documents.
- Marika Lee contributed to this report
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