Joshua Jon Temple, 41, is anticipated to plead guilty to Class B felony endangering an eligible adult and Class C felony terrorizing. If a proposed plea agreement is accepted by Judge Kristi Venhuizen, his Class C felony and Class A misdemeanor domestic violence charges will be dismissed. Whitney Temple said her husband, Joshua Temple, had visited her in the hospital the previous night and was physical with her. She said the physical domestic violence in their relationship dated back to Whitney Temple had been in the hospital since early morning April 3 due to both her deteriorating health and safety concerns, the affidavit said.
She told medical staff her husband had been physically and verbally abusive, and deprived her of medical services. Doctors provided a letter to law enforcement that read, "There is no doubt in my mind that if she were to return to his care she likely would not survive another abuse.
Her medical conditions put her at even a greater increased risk of death. It is imperative that she get provided the protection she needs so she can get the appropriate medical care she needs. Police observed injuries on Whitney Temple that included one black eye and one bruised, a bruised hand print on the side of her face, and bruising to her ear, arms, legs and back.
She had minor lacerations that had scabbed over. Most of the bruising appeared to be in healing stages, aside from the injuries on her back, the affidavit said. The injuries were said to be the result of a March 30 domestic incident in which Joshua Temple slapped her multiple times and shoved her against the wall. He also allegedly made comments about how he should just "stab her in the jugular and be done with it.
The motion was denied. During Joshua Temple's final dispositional conference Thursday, Jan. A change-of-plea hearing was scheduled for 9 a. Sentencing will not be held until p. March 28, in part for there to be time for a recently completed psychological evaluation to be written up for Venhuizen to review. The proposed plea agreement asks for a five-year prison sentence, followed by two years of supervised probation, but allows for the defense to argue for a shorter prison term and unsupervised probation.
