Theopulus Gordon could have prevented the death of Eric Robinson last September, but he didn’t.FORT WAYNE – In October, Odis L. Moore was charged with kidnapping, criminal confinement and other crimes after he allegedly abducted his ex-girlfriend while armed with a handgun.
According to court documents, he took her from the parking lot in front of her boyfriend’s home, and forced her to take him and a friend to the Eden Green apartment complex. He beat her up when she tried to escape, court records said.
The next day, he showed up at another woman’s home with a couple of friends, looking for his ex-girlfriend again. This time he was armed with a sawed-off shotgun and threatened to shoot up the house, according to court documents.
On Thursday, Moore, 19, of the 1000 block of Savilla Avenue, pleaded guilty to a charge of intimidation in connection with the shotgun threats, as well as a charge of battery stemming from a brutal attack on an Allen County Jail confinement officer.
But the kidnapping charge and other counts stemming from the earlier encounter were dismissed when his ex-girlfriend recanted her story, according to court documents.
“The alleged victim has recanted a substantial portion of her initial statement to law enforcement, leaving the state unable to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt,” wrote Allen County Deputy Prosecutor Thomas Chaille in his motion to dismiss the charges.
In the battery case, Moore and another man, 19-year-old Joshua Rhodes, were accused of pummeling a guard, giving him a concussion and putting him in a chokehold.
There is no agreement with prosecutors concerning Moore’s sentence. He will be sentenced next month by an Allen Superior Court judge.
But the sentences for intimidation and battery will be served one after another. On the charge of intimidation, Moore faces between two to eight years. For the battery, he could get up to three years.
Had prosecutors been able to move forward in the kidnapping case, which also included charges of criminal confinement, strangulation and interference with the reporting of a crime, Moore could have faced an additional 20 to 50 years in prison.
The case against Rhodes remains pending.
