FARMINGTON — A 31-year-old man accused of hitting his wife with nunchakus told a judge the eight-week anger-management course he took was a waste of money.

Second District Judge John R. Morris then sentenced Andrew James Lukenbach on Monday to serve 90 days in Davis County Jail, allowing him work release and time out to go to therapy.

“Honestly, your honor, I don’t think it was worth the $80,” Lukenbach said during his sentencing hearing, referring to the anger-management course he took as part of the plea deal.

He said Juvenile Family Drug Court has taught him more than the anger-management course did about how anger has played a role in his everyday life and how it has contributed to his substance abuse.

Lukenbach, of Centerville, went on to say, “I accept and understand my negligence, but my wife had been gone for several days and I was protecting my family.”

“I’m still hearing some issues you need to address,” Morris said.

Morris sentenced Lukenbach to serve the 90 days in jail and three years’ probation.

Lukenbach also has a case in juvenile court that was filed by the Division of Child and Family Services, said Mark Arrington, his attorney.

Morris included in his sentence that Lukenbach is to comply with whatever treatment is ordered by juvenile court or by DCFS.

Lukenbach originally was charged with two counts of aggravated assault and one count of domestic violence in the presence of a child, all third-degree felonies.

Police said Lukenbach used nunchakus to hit his wife and a man who was in the car with her on June 11, 2011, and three children witnessed the attack.

Lukenbach pleaded guilty Jan. 23 to two counts of attempted aggravated assault, class A misdemeanors, and one count of obstructing justice, a class B misdemeanor.

Deputy Davis County Attorney Jason Nelson said in court his office agreed to the plea deal in part because they could not locate the man police said was in the car with Lukenbach’s wife.

Also, Lukenbach’s wife wrote in her victim impact statement that he did not hit her with the nunchakus, Nelson said.

“In the original recording from police, she said, ‘Yes, he hit me with nunchakus,’?” Nelson said. “It’s a bizarre thing to make up.”

Nelson said in his presentence report that Lukenbach’s written statement about what happened was “self-serving, to put it bluntly, your honor.”