September 8, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
A man accused of kidnapping and torturing his wife two years ago was sentenced Tuesday in DeKalb County Criminal Court.
40 year old Erik Thomas Dunn, indicted for especially aggravated kidnapping and four counts of aggravated assault, entered a plea to the lesser charge of aggravated assault. Dunn received a sentence of 8 years to serve at 30% before his eligibility for release which is outside the range of punishment for this offense. The other charges were dismissed. He was given jail credit of 704 days from October 5, 2018 to September 8, 2020.
Dunn was accused of tying up and assaulting his wife and then forcing her to stay in a closet at their home over a ten day period in July, 2018.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on July 10 through July 20, 2018 Dunn confined his wife unlawfully as to interfere substantially with her liberty by zip tying her hands and throat and confining her to a closet.
According to the Sheriff, Dunn assaulted his wife with deadly weapons including zip ties, a knife, arrow, and wooden closet rod causing bodily injury. Dunn placed a zip tie around his wife’s throat to choke her which caused the woman to pass out. He used a knife to cut her left arm; an arrow to injure her foot; and he hit her several times with a wooden closet rod.
Dunn was under bond conditions at the time due to a previous aggravated and domestic assault case against him over this woman.