Riverside Father To Stand Trial In Sexting Case
RIVERSIDE (AP) — A Riverside County father has been ordered to stand trial on assault and other charges for allegedly using a stun gun on a man who sent a racy cell phone photo to his 17-year-old daughter.
A judge ruled Thursday there was sufficient evidence to try 45-year-old William Atwood on charges of making criminal threats, false imprisonment, assault with a stun gun and assault with a deadly weapon. Atwood has pleaded not guilty.
The Riverside Press-Enterprise said Justin Moore said at a preliminary hearing that Atwood lured him to his home in January. Moore said Atwood fired a shotgun in the air, told him to strip down to his boxer shorts, tied him up and shocked him with a stun gun.
Moore also testified Atwood threatened to bury him on an Indian reservation.
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