Indianapolis woman sentenced after firing shot at repair man working on her dryer

INDIANAPOLIS — A woman from Indianapolis has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after shooting at a repair man who was working on her dryer.

A Marion County judge sentenced Reba Wilson after she pleaded guilty to criminal confinement while armed with a deadly weapon and intimidation. Three other charges — unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon and pointing a firearm at another — were dropped as part of a plea agreement.

Nate Baird, who is a self-employed repair technician, went to Wilson’s east side home on Payton Avenue, near 10th Street and North Shortridge Road, in March 2024 to work on a clothes dryer with a heat problem…

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