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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Ind. courts - "Hudson gets 60 years for abducting attorney"
Updating this ILB entry from July 10, 2008 headed "Anderson police remain on the lookout for a man believed to have abducted his lawyer at knifepoint," the Muncie Star-Press has a report today headed "Hudson gets 60 years for abducting attorney." The story begins:
ANDERSON — A former Jay County resident convicted of abducting his attorney at knifepoint was sentenced Monday to 60 years in prison by Madison Superior Court 1 Judge Dennis Carroll.Richard L. Hudson, 52, more recently of Anderson, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in December to charges of kidnapping and armed robbery.
On July 7, lawyer Thomas Hamer was returning client Hudson to the Madison County jail after a civil hearing in Indianapolis when Hudson took the lawyer hostage at knifepoint.
Police said Hamer was left bound in a nature preserve on Anderson's east side. The attorney's SUV was found, along with the knife used in the abduction, in a Muncie parking lot two days later. Hudson was arrested July 11 while driving another stolen vehicle in Madison County.
Hudson wasn't in the courtroom Monday when Judge Carroll imposed the sentence. The defendant had stood up and began cursing when Hamer entered the courtroom, insisting he did not want to attend the hearing. The judge eventually agreed to allow Hudson to return to the Madison County jail.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 3, 2009 08:12 AM
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