A local man

who pled guilty to charges after "buzzing" the local Kiwanis

Fair in September is in trouble with the law again.

This time,

detectives say Andrew Waits, 22, assaulted his girlfriend at his home.

Waits was booked into the Fayette County Jail Monday on charges of simple

assault and simple battery, according to Sgt. Renee James of the Fayette

County Sheriff's Department.

The incident

occurred Sunday at Waits' home. James said she believed the dispute erupted

from an attempt by the victim to break up with Waits.

Waits previously

pled guilty to two counts of unlawful flight of an aircraft. According

to police, he was the flight instructor in charge of a small plane that

flew low over the fairgrounds two weeks after large commercial jetliners

were used by terrorists in the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington,

D.C.

In January,

Waits was sentenced to 30 days in jail followed by two years probation.

State Court Judge Fletcher Sams also ordered Waits to pay a $2,000 fine,

serve 100 hours community service, surrender his pilot's license and submit

an essay to the court about the responsibilities of flight instructors

both before and after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.