A Gary man got a 10-year split term Thursday after admitting he slashed at a woman’s throat with a boxcutter.

David J. Moore, 44, pleaded guilty in September to aggravated battery.

Judge Gina Jones sentenced him to eight years in prison, one year in Lake County Community Corrections and one year of probation.

Deputy Prosecutor Infinity Westberg read a letter from the victim, who said she was left traumatized, afraid that Moore would go after her again. Her children were also deeply affected.

“I cry all the time,” the woman wrote, adding she “missed all the red flags.”

Gary Police responded at 8:20 a.m. March 16, 2024 to an apartment on the 1100 block of W. 5th Avenue, according to court documents. The woman told police she dated Moore on and off since 2019.

At the hospital, she had a

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