A Petaluma man was sentenced to 25 years in a state prison for assaulting his former girlfriend and multiple other offenses, Sonoma County prosecutors said Thursday.
David Charles Moon, 43, earlier entered guilty pleas and admissions for multiple offenses relating to domestic abuse and witness intimidation, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Prosecutors said that in November 2022, Moon assaulted a former girlfriend in her house by suffocating the victim with his hands and a pillow. He also intimidated the victim by sending her threatening text messages.
On April 9, 2023, Moon vandalized his former girlfriend’s vehicle and used an online messaging app to threaten her and warn her not to call the police. He also used the app’s self-destructing messages feature and various aliases to terrorize the victim.
In one message, Moon reportedly told the victim, “It’s going to be refreshing to put your lifeless body on the ground and your spirit in the sky,” he said.