Man pleads guilty to kidnapping and assaulting former girlfriend's family
Posted on Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A Texas man pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping his ex-girlfriend's sister and mother and threatening them with a kitchen knife. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Jose Guadalupe Gutierrez-Oliveria, 20, of Edinburg, Texas, entered a negotiated guilty plea to charges of residential burglary and two counts of both kidnapping and aggravated assault.
He was sentenced to a total of 50 years -- 25 years in the Department of Correction and 25 years suspended. He was ordered to pay fines and costs and complete an anger management course and was given credit for serving 143 days in the county jail.
Fayetteville police arrested Gutierrez-Oliveria on May 14 for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend's sister and mother at knife point inside their home and threatening to kill them at a residence on Belmont Circle, off Clabber Creek Boulevard in Fayetteville.
The report said that he followed the two victims home and forced his way inside. He allegedly threatened to hurt and kill them if they didn't cooperate. At one point, the report stated, he threatened them with a kitchen knife.
He then used one of their cell phones to call his ex-girlfriend and threatened to kill the victims if his ex-girlfriend didn't come to the residence, the report stated. After about 20 minutes, the victim's mother was able to escape to a neighbor's home, where she contacted police.
Investigators later learned that Gutierrez-Oliveria had been involved in a disturbance in a vehicle earlier that day, in which he allegedly held his ex-girlfriend against her will, beginning in Locust Grove, Okla., and continuing through parts of Missouri before ending in Springdale.
While driving, the victim was able to flag down a Springdale police officer. Gutierrez-Oliveria was in the trunk of his car at this time, said Dustin Robert, 4th Judicial District deputy prosecutor. The ex-girlfriend was going to her mother's house and she told Gutierrez-Oliveria that her mother would call police if she saw him, so he insisted on hiding in the trunk, Roberts said.
According to the report, she told police that she had a protection order against Gutierrez-Oliveria and wanted him to stay away from her. No record of a protection order could be found at the time, the report stated.
The victim was allowed to leave the scene in her vehicle, while Gutierrez-Oliveria was allowed to leave on foot. He later made his way to the Fayetteville residence, where he allegedly waited for the victims to arrive home.
Roberts said that Gutierrez-Oliveria also faces domestic battery charges in Texas and Oklahoma.
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