A 25-year-old Navy man who got into an armed standoff with deputies last fall was recently sentenced to two weeks in jail after a deputy prosecutor determined that he may not have pointed a gun at anyone.

Robert Remiesiewicz was originally facing a couple of felony-level assault charges, but pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and unlawful display of a weapon, both gross misdemeanors, in Island County Superior Court Feb. 7.

The judge sentenced him to 365 days in jail, with 351 days suspended, which was the joint recommendation from the prosecution and defense.

While the affidavit of probable cause, written by Lt. Mike Hawley with the Island County Sheriff’s Office, indicates that Remiesiewicz leveled a gun at a couple of friends, Ohme re-interviewed the alleged victims and they indicated that Remiesiewicz never actually pointed the gun at them.

“I believe that he only got the gun out in order to commit suicide with it,” Ohme wrote in an email message.

Remiesiewicz served three tours in Afghanistan and had a very good record with the Navy. Ohme indicated that Remiesiewicz was under a lot of stress at the time of the incident. It occurred following a going-away party for his friends. He had purchased a dog to fill the void left in his life by his friends’ departure, but snapped when a woman left a door open and his dog escaped.

Remiesiewicz pushed the 22-year-old woman to the ground and swore at her. After unsuccessfully looking for the dog, which was never found, Remiesiewicz returned and attacked the woman again. He pushed her to the ground and punched her three times in the face.

According to Ohme, Remiesiewicz was so aghast that he had assaulted a woman that he immediately went to his bedroom and grabbed his handgun with the intent to commit suicide. The woman saw him with the gun and hid in a neighboring home in fear for her life. A couple of other friends saw him with the gun and ran for cover.

In his report on the incident, Hawley wrote that he and other deputies responded to a 911 call. They looked at Remiesiewicz’s backyard from a concealed vantage point and saw him standing next to the bluff with the gun pointed at his temple. His roommate was next to him, pleading with him to put the gun down. The two men eventually went back inside; Remiesiewicz walked with the gun to his head.

The sheriff’s SWAT-like Hard Entry and Arrest Team, also known as HEAT, arrived on the scene. They entered the neighboring unit and removed the woman, who was hiding in a closet. About 15 minutes later, the team entered Remiesiewicz’s residence and took him into custody without incident, the report states.

Ohme said Remiesiewicz has received psychiatric evaluation with the Navy and is following up with treatment.