Man Pleads Guilty to Shooting Wife's Boyfriend: Nearby News

A Pasadena man is under house arrest with an electronic monitor while he awaits sentencing after he pleaded guilty to shooting his wife’s boyfriend.

Dennis Patrick Schultz, 54, of 8121 Armiger Drive in Pasadena pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime.

Prosecutors recommended a sentence of five to nine years of in prison for Schultz, who must serve a minimum of five years without the possibility of parole, reports the Capital-Gazette.

Schultz admitted that on Feb. 25 he went to a house in the 7600 block of Pine Haven Drive in Pasadena and asked to speak with his wife. An argument began, and police say Schultz took out a handgun and fired multiple shots at his wife’s boyfriend, Joe Kraus, 55, of Crownsville.

Two shots grazed Kraus, the newspaper reports, while another bullet passed through his arm and shoulder. Police say he was treated and released from Shock Trauma.

Schultz then fled the scene in a white 2006 Ford pickup with “Dennis Schultz Contracting” written on the side, according to police. He was arrested later that day.

Schultz will be sentenced on Aug. 11.

»Photo of Dennis Schultz courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police