A Fort Wayne man who pleaded guilty to criminal confinement will spend the next 10 years in jail.
Luther A. Spural, 22, Fort Wayne, was sentenced to 10 years with two years suspended. Spural has already served 321 days in prison and has earned a good time credit of another 321 days.Spural entered a guilty plea Jan. 19. In exchange for his guilty plea, a charge of intimidation with a deadly weapon was dropped.
Along with his prison sentence, Spural also will have to pay a $100 fine.
The case resulted from a May 2007 incident involving three minors.
According to a report filed at the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, a Silver Lake woman contacted authorities after her son claimed he was abducted by Spural and a woman and held for several hours.
The boy said he was chatting on the Internet with someone he believed to be a female friend. The boy said he was then threatened online and believed it was someone posing as his friend.
Later on in the day, the boy said he received a phone call from another friend.
The friend asked to meet with the boy and said he could come pick him up. The friend was being held by Spural, and according to the report, the friend was forced to set up a meeting. Spural picked up another boy and held all three boys for several hours.
According to the report, when the friend arrived at the Silver Lake boy's home, Spural forced him into a car and drove all three boys around the county.
The boy stated on one occasion, Spural stopped the car and threatened to shoot him. When police arrested Spural, no weapon was found.
Later, the boy alleged Spural forced him into the trunk of his car. Finally, the boy said Spural drove to a wooded area and forced two of the boys to fight each other.
Spural then dropped all three boys off at their homes.
When questioned, the boy said he believed the incident stemmed from a nude photo he received from the female friend.
All three boys involved in the incident were 13 years old at the time.
