Forty-two-year-old Dwayne Nichols waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday. He is charged with simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment.
Police say Nichols pushed his wife, Deborah, onto her hospital-style bed, causing her to hit her head on the rail and wall. She uses a walker and has pins and screws in her neck and back from a previous surgery.
Nichols told police he's a part-time pastor at Grace United Church of Christ, which is near Numidia in Columbia County.
A judge has ordered him to stay away from his wife.
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