The suspect in the sucker punching of a man outside a downtown Dover bar last month was arraigned on charges Monday morning in Dover District Court.

DOVER — The suspect who police say sucker punched a man outside a downtown Dover bar last month is being held on $5,000 cash bail after he turned himself into police late Sunday night.

Thomas Joy, 24, of 63 North Old Farm Road, Wakefield, was arraigned Monday morning in Dover District Court. He turned himself into the Wakefield Police Department at approximately 10:15 p.m. Sunday and charged with one count of second-degree assault, a Class B felony, stemming from an incident that occurred outside the Dover Brickhouse pub on April 2.

The victim of the assault, Nate Jones, 33, of Somersworth, received significant injuries. His jaw was broken and was wired shut at a Boston hospital. Jones said he has lost considerable weight and has been unable to work as he recuperates from the attack. Friends and family launched a fundraiser to help pay for his expenses.

“I’m just glad he’s off the streets,” Jones said after hearing of Joy’s arrest.

His jaw is no longer wired shut but hasn't healed enough for him to chew food, Jones said.

The man charged with his assault pleaded guilty in 2008 to second-degree assault, simple assault and burglary in connection with a Dec. 2008 home invasion in Rochester. He was sentenced in 2010 to 2-to-10 years in state prison. According to his 2009 second-degree assault indictment from a Strafford County Grand Jury, Joy kicked another person “repeatedly in the ribs.” His simple assault indictment stated the person he kicked in the ribs was under 13 years of age. Joy was 17 at the time of the incident.

Joy has been on parole since his June 10, 2014 release and did not have legal representation at Monday's arraignment. Judge Stephen Morrison entered a no-plea on Joy’s behalf and set a probable cause hearing for May 15.

The state, represented by Strafford County Assistant Attorney Sam Harkins, asked for a $10,000 cash bail.

In response, Joy, who told the judge he works for a roofer, said, “I brought myself here. Nobody had to catch me. I’m not a flight risk. I work. I have people there to support me.”

The judge reduced the bail, but said “it’s probably academic.” Since Joy is on parole, an arrest for an assault will likely put him back in jail.