Bill McCleery

bill.mccleery@indystar.com

Back in December, a Johnson County woman held a man against his will at a Franklin mobile home and sliced his penis with a box cutter, police said.

Bonita Lynn Vela, 35, Franklin, ultimately pleaded guilty to battery and criminal confinement. On Thursday, a Johnson County judge handed her a 16-month sentence — 10 months on home detention with GPS monitoring and six months on probation. She was also directed to be evaluated for anger issues, said an official at the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office.

In December, Vela told police she was suspicious that an 18-year-old Avon man had molested her 2-year-old son. The man was adamant in talking with police that he had done no such thing, according to a police report, and Vela admitted to police that her suspicions developed after she had been smoking marijuana. She said she was unsure whether she ingested any other drugs before the incident.

The Avon man, described as the boyfriend of one of Vela's daughters, was treated for his injuries at Johnson Memorial Hospital.

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