(Editor’s note: The Middlesex District Attorney’s office did not prosecute this case after the alleged victim asserted marital privilege and declined to testify.)

LOWELL — Breakfast for dinner can have its hazards. Just ask Patrick Manjong who is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon — a waffle with syrup.

Lowell police say they responded to 417 Beacon St. at 5 p.m. on Monday for a report of a domestic assault in progress. The victim, Manjong’s wife of eight years, told police that while she was making waffles for dinner, she and her husband began arguing about how waffles dripping with syrup is unhealthy to eat.

The victim told police that Manjong became so irate that he grabbed a waffle with syrup and slapped her across the face with it, according to court documents. Officers did notice pieces of waffle were stuck to the victim’s face and hair.

Although he didn’t eat the waffles, Manjong, 39, is still in a sticky situation because he had to appear in Lowell District Court on Tuesday to plead not guilty to the assault charge. He was released without bail so he will be able to make the couple’s divorce hearing scheduled for Wednesday.

But Manjong’s waffle woes aren’t over. His next court date is scheduled for June 11. Meanwhile, he was ordered not to abuse the victim