People v. Bomar CA3

BACKGROUND

The charges in this case stem from the killing of Jeremy Fortuin. Fortuin formerly lived in a house with, among others, Cody, Cody’s girlfriend (Haley Redmond), and Redmond’s parents: Johnny Ring and Tanya Jones. Everyone moved out after the house was “red-tagged,” that is, after local authorities deemed the house unfit to inhabit. Sometime after, Fortuin returned to the house and assaulted Cody and Chase. The brothers spoke to officers following the assault. In their telling, they went to the red- tagged house to remove their property. While the brothers were still in their car, at least five men, including Fortuin, came over carrying pipes or bats. The brothers heard some noises shortly after, leading them to believe that Fortuin and the others had broken into the house. When the brothers confronted Fortuin, he accused them of stealing his generator and swung a pipe. He ultimately struck both brothers in the forearm, hitting Chase hard enough to leave a dent. Around the same day, Fortuin attempted to strike Jones too, according to Ring and Jones. Ring and Jones went to a house where Fortuin stored his possessions, believing they might find Ring’s son’s stolen bike…