COLUMBUS, Ind. — A judge rejected a plea agreement on Tuesday in the domestic battery cases against a man who is also charged federally with illegally re-entering the country.
Moises Ortiz-Castaneda, 28, of Columbus had pleaded guilty in two cases and was scheduled to be sentenced today.
The first case is from February 2010, in which he is charged with two counts of domestic battery, one Class D felony and a Class A misdemeanor, for allegedly battering a woman.
The second case is from April 2010, in which he is charged with domestic battery, resisting law enforcement, invasion of privacy and public intoxication, for allegedly attacking the same woman during a fight at Ninth Street Park.
Ortiz-Castaneda pleaded guilty to two counts of domestic battery, the Class D felony and an A misdemeanor, and misdemeanor invasion of privacy, in exchange for prosecutors dropping the other charges.
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