Plea deal accepted, sentence handed down for 21-year-old woman who stabbed man at Fort Wayne park

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A judge accepted the plea agreement Tuesday for a 21-year-old woman who stabbed a man in broad daylight at a Fort Wayne park in July.

Josie Bodah was charged with felony battery by means of a deadly weapon after she was accused of stabbing a man at Freimann Square, a public park in downtown Fort Wayne, on July 23, 2025.

On Jan. 27, 2026, Judge Frances Gull accepted a plea agreement that saw Bodah plead guilty to the charge in exchange for a three-year sentence, with two and a half years suspended. Bodah will also receive credit for 188 days served in jail…

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