PARIS – A criminal complaint against the director of Oxford County’s emergency communications center will be dropped in a year if he continues counseling and takes prescribed medication, Justice Thomas E. Delahanty II ruled Monday.

James P. Miclon, 49, of Curtis Hill Road in Woodstock was scheduled to go to trial Monday on a charge of domestic assault against his 17-year-old stepdaughter.

The incident occurred Aug. 21 at the home of Miclon and his wife, and her daughter, state police said.

According to the police report, Miclon said he struck the teenager on the brim of her baseball cap during a confrontation and didn’t intend to hit her face but may have by accident.

He pleaded not guilty.

His attorney, Alan Perry, said in Oxford County Superior Court on Monday that there was no objection from the prosecution to filing the matter for one year.

The charge will automatically be dropped then if Miclon continues mental health counseling and taking prescribed medication, he said.

Miclon joined the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office in 1978, and worked as a dispatcher, road deputy and investigator. In 2006, he became head of the county’s Regional Communications Center, which dispatches for emergency calls.

County commissioners placed Miclon on paid administrative leave following his arrest, and unanimously voted last week to have him return to work Monday.

Miclon has no prior criminal history or traffic violations.