An 18-year-old woman was charged with perjury Thursday after she recanted claims that her ex-boyfriend had kidnapped, beaten and shot at her in late December.
During testimony before Columbus Municipal Judge Marc Amos on Thursday, Paris Easterwood, of 1415 Seventh St. N., denied that she had made the claims against 30-year-old James Earl Moore.
Moore, who has often been at odds with the law, had been charged in January with kidnapping and aggravated assault.
Easterwood had allegedly given a s
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