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A Groves man that allegedly assaulted two people and tried to kidnap his wife at gunpoint during a church pumpkin patch event pleaded guilty to three charges this week.

Jeremy Lane Pitman, 49, pleaded guilty to two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a charge of attempted aggravated kidnapping Monday in Judge John Stevens’ Criminal District Court.

Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 14, according to information from the court.

A Jefferson County grand jury indicted Pitman in late October.

According to the affidavit for arrest warrant, Pitman drove up to a canopy at Nederland Apostolic Church, 1308 S. 27^th St. where an annual pumpkin patch was being held Oct. 15 and walked toward his wife and said “come one baby” trying to get her to go with him but she said no.

Pitman reportedly grabbed the back of the woman’s neck and front of her shirt and forcibly pulled her toward his truck without her consent.

A man at the scene told Pitman “hey no…no” then Pitman let go of the woman and walked around the canopy to display a handgun from his waist, the document read.

The witness said that when Pitman pulled the weapon from his waist the holster came out with it. Pitman then allegedly approached the male witness, grabbed him by the shirt and put the gun to his head. The witness grabbed Pitman’s arm and began to spin him to a table, they both fell and three gunshots were heard.

When the witness opened his eyes three other people from the church had Pitman pinned down on the table. That’s when the witness stepped back to see if he had been struck, he was not.

Pitman was arrested at the scene.