Warren man guilty in shooting of man, fight with girlfriend

WARREN -- A 27-year-old city man was convicted of five charges for a Jan. 9 shooting at Stone Gate apartments and a Feb. 19 fight with a girlfriend.
A jury found Dwayne A. Stoutamire, 27, of Union Street Southwest, guilty of aggravated robbery, felonious assault, abduction and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Those charges and additional time for using a firearm in commission of his crimes could land him in prison for as much as 42 years, said Chris Becker, the assistant county prosecutor who handled the case.
Stoutamire will be sentenced later by Judge W. Wyatt McKay, who revoked Stoutamire's 150,000 bond.
The jury found Stoutamire innocent of attempted murder.
Four of the five charges are related to the assault on Antonio Peterman, 22, of Laird Avenue Southeast, who police say was shot in the chest and leg. Police said Stoutamire shot Peterman around midnight at the Robert Avenue Northwest apartment complex. Peterman remains in a coma in a nursing home.
The abduction conviction stems from Stoutamire's pointing a gun at a girlfriend, Jessica Gordon, in the 1100 block of Palmyra Road and forcing her into a vehicle. Gordon testified during Stoutamire's trial.
Becker credited Warren Police Detective Michael Krafcik with good police work in finding witnesses because they were not inclined to come forward. Gordon and another witness had to be arrested on material-witness warrants to get them to testify, Becker said.