My question involves criminal law for the state of: Pennsylvania
Last Friday, I text msged my soon-to-be-ex & told him to not to sleep at our place. I knew I was going to be upset that he was out all night again & he was weeks away from moving into his own place. I HAD agreed to let him stay the 2 weeks & our relationship was pretty much over. I was asleep by 2am, woke @ 6am to find him asleep on the couch. I never heard him come in nor till he warn me that he was coming anyways.
I scrolled through his cell phone only to find texts to other women as well as pictures. So i woke him up, and demanded answers & was adament that he leave. I was devastated & thought that he no longer needed to share the apt with me for he DID have somewhere else to go. He had NOT given me money yet for the two extra wks I was letting him stay.
We argued loudly for about 15-20 minutes & then I drank a large shot of vodka to calm down. (now a stupid idea, i know). i kept screaming at him to leave, and i proceeded to throw his shoes into the hallway. he went after them, i locked the door. he pounded for several minutes & then he said that he wanted his keys & clothes & he would be gone. i believe him, opened the door & he came after me. pushed me down, and punched me 3-4 times on the right side of my head & temple. after a minute, i peppered sprayed him & then hid in the bathroom. he rinsed his eyes, dressed & left.
he returned 15 minutes later, to give me the keys back & was gone. i went to the police station a few hrs later to file charges, emergency PFA & he turned himself in monday morning. i had swelling on the right side of my head, and now a black&blue eye. not our first argument, or him putting his hands on me, but this time was so much worse then before. i feel terrible for having him arrested, but this was not able to be hidden. now what?

