A Bay Minette man who allegedly used his child as a shield during a domestic argument, dropped the child and punched a deputy to prevent arrest during a Sept. 17, 2005, domestic quarrel entered a blind plea Monday and will be sentenced Nov. 15.

Dennis Mark Brehm, 22, of Bud Odom Road pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, third-degree domestic violence-assault and third-degree domestic violence-harassment before Circuit Judge James Reid.

Brehm will continue on his current bond and will be allowed to return to his job as an offshore oil worker until sentencing, according to Reid.

According to court documents, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence call at 12:49 a.m. Brehm allegedly had been arguing with his wife, engaged in violent threatening behavior and injured his son.

Deputies encountered Brehm on the front porch of his residence where he used his infant child as a shield to prevent deputies from arresting him, records state. He dropped the child during the struggle. The child was not injured in the fall, court records state.

Brehm then allegedly used a closed fist to punch deputy Jessica Wilson under the left cheek before he was contained.

Brehm also allegedly used his vehicle to ram another vehicle belonging to Charles Griffin, of Cliff’s Landing Road, causing $2,500 in damages to the victim’s vehicle.

During Monday’s plea hearing, Brehm balked at admitting he intentionally dropped the child and said he wanted to go to trial.

After conferring with his defense attorney, he agreed to the plea. A prosecutor said the indictment did not contain the word “intentional” in describing the incident.

In a letter filed earlier in District Court, Kimberly Brehm, his wife, asked for leniency and described her husband as a “good man.”

“I know he made a lot of bad choices, but he really is a good man,” the letter states. “We have been together for almost three years and this is the first time he has ever done anything in this nature.

“He has had a very hard childhood. I hope he can get some kind of counseling to resolve some of the issues he has been dealing with.

“He is my husband and I do love him. He has never raised a hand to me or our children before. I am not afraid of him in any way. I know he was not in his right mind.”