Port Huron man accepts no contest deal that drops charge for attempted drowning

Editor's note: Details of the plea deal and that Lewis pleaded no contest have been corrected.

A Port Huron man accused of attempting to drown a police officer will be sentenced on Aug. 19.

Malik Lewis entered a no contest plea to three of the eight counts against him July 1, according to court records.

The most serious charge against Lewis, assault with intent to murder, was among those dismissed.

Lewis will be sentenced on charges of domestic violence and resisting, obstructing or assaulting an officer, as well as one count of obstruction of justice.

Charges of assault with intent to murder, domestic violence and three counts of resisting, obstructing or assaulting a law enforcement officer were dropped as part of the no contest plea.

Lewis was arrested in November after police were called to the residence of a woman who reported he was there against her will. A chase ensued once police arrived and an officer followed him into the St. Clair River off Desmond Landing.

The officer's incident report had stated Lewis pulled him underwater and got on top of him so he could not put his head above water to breathe. Lewis reportedly surrendered after another officer arrived and pulled their gun, prompting Lewis to surrender.

Lewis' defense attorney, Camilla Barkovic, has argued during a motion hearing in June that Lewis had not intended to pull the officer underwater, stating instead that Lewis accidentally pulled the officer underwater after he slipped and fell.

Barkovic did not respond to a request for comment.

Contact Johnathan Hogan at jhogan@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Port Huron Times Herald: Port Huron man accepts deal that drops charge for attempted drowning