A Madison Township man has pleaded guilty to charges of attempted aggravated murder and arson. 41 year old Phillip Lovely admitted to stabbing Butler County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Farthing after he had set his girlfriend's vehicle on fire back on February 5th. The deputy was seriously wounded in the attack. Lovely faces from 3 to 18 years in prison and a $25,000 fine when he is sentenced by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Gregory Howard on June 3rd.