DETROIT, MI -- State Sen. Virgil Smith, D-Detroit, has accepted a deal that requires him plead guilty to felony malicious destruction of property under $20,000, spend 10 months in jail and resign from office.

In exchange for his plea, charges of felony assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and domestic violence charges have been dismissed.

Smith, who was accused of firing a shotgun in the direction of his wife and at her car, was scheduled for trial March 7 in front of Wayne Circuit Judge Lawrence S. Talon.

Fukll terms of the plea deal issued by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy's office Thursday:

Five years probation with the first 10 months to be served in the Wayne County Jail without early release.

The defendant must resign his position as a state senator.

The defendant cannot hold elective office or appointed office during the full term of his probation.

Submit to a mental health evaluation; the defendant must fully comply and provide monthly documentation with recommended treatment.

Supply monthly documentation of alcohol and drug treatment.

Surrender the weapon used in the crime or indicate the location where the weapon was disposed.

Full restitution in an amount to be determined by the Court.

The defendant waives any privilege and agrees to the release of the statement below.

Worthy's statement: It is rare for the (Wayne County Prosecutor's Office) to dismiss a felony firearm charge when the weapon in question was discharged. In this case, however, after extensive review of the medical and psychiatric records of the defendant, I am convinced that there are extenuating circumstances to support dismissal of that charge. The following documented medical conditions contributed to the behavior of this defendant: 1. He suffers from bipolar depression, hypomanic; 2. He has a neurocognitive disorder related to a traumatic brain injury arising out of a documented rollover automobile accident that occurred on December 19, 2014, in Houston, Texas; and 3. He is presently in treatment for his alcohol dependency.

Talon will decide whether to accept the deal at a March 14 sentencing hearing.

Smith, who served three years in the state House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate in 2010 and re-elected in 2014, was accused of opening fire with an AR-15 in the direction of his ex-wife, Anistia Thomas, and her Mercedes about 1 a.m. May 10.

The altercation occurred after Thomas arrived at Smith's home and found another woman, Tatiana Grant, naked in her ex-husband's bed.

The versions of events presented by both women during the a preliminary examination last June were inconsistent.

Thomas testified that, although Smith is her ex-husband, they'd reignited an intimate relationship. She drove to Smith's home the morning of May 10 with the intent of spending the night.

Before heading there, she sent a text that said, "you are (expletive) up," according to evidence presented at a prior hearing.

After parking in the street, Thomas walked to an open side window and said, "Kai," Smith's middle name.

Smith opened the side door and told Thomas, "Tatiana is here," the ex-wife testified.

Thomas claims she walked to the bedroom, stripped the sheets off the naked woman and asked her if she was sleeping with Smith.

Grant claims Thomas was yelling, "He doesn't care about you, he doesn't love you," as Smith grabbed his ex-wife from behind.

Thomas denies forcing her way into Smith's home or attacking Grant.

"From there, he pulled on me, we wrestled, he punches me in the face a few times," Thomas said at the preliminary examination. "After falling into the TV, he rammed my head into the floor."

Thomas said Smith put his right arm into the back of her neck and she "basically stopped breathing."

"He kept punching me throughout my body at that point ... " Thomas testified. "He literally rammed my head into the wall by the doorway ... I fall down."

Grant said Smith never punched Thomas and never slammed her head into the floor or wall. Grant saw Smith pulling the ex-wife from behind and carrying her in an attempt to remove her from the bedroom.

"No," Grant said when asked if she ever saw Smith assault Thomas.

Thomas claims Smith forced her to her feet and pushed her out the side door into a railing, causing her to fall and hit her face on the concrete.

"He comes out from the side door ... I see him holding a big gun," Thomas said.

She said the gun was an AR-15 rifle Smith kept under his bed and previously told her could take off a person's limb.

"He starts shooting it in the air ... " Thomas said. "He turns it toward me and starts shooting at me."

Thomas ran to the home of a neighbor, also a friend of Smith's. The ex-wife called 911, but the neighbor took the phone from her after hearing her giving police Smith's name. The neighbor forced her to leave and locked the door behind her, Thomas previously testified.

Thomas said she then ran to another house where she found help.

Despite being embroiled in criminal proceedings, Smith hadn't stepped down or been expelled from his senate seat, although he was stripped of his leadership roles and committee assignments after the shooting incident.

He represented the Fourth District, which includes portions of Allen Park, Detroit, Lincoln Park and Southgate.

Smith has received prior citations for impaired driving and operating while intoxicated in 2004, for which his license was revoked and reinstated to a restricted status in 2007, according to a statement issued by Secretary of State spokesman Fred Woodhams.

He was charged with operating a vehicle while being intoxicated in 2010, but the case was dropped for lack of evidence to prosecute.

Michigan is among about 10 states with a full-time Legislature. Senators begin at a starting annual pay of about $71,000.

Smith missed 59 of 645 Senate voting roll calls in 2015, the second most among active senators.