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Antioch man charged with killing girlfriend's puppy
By Rowena Coetsee
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 05/02/2010 10:24:12 PM PDT
Updated: 05/03/2010 05:20:07 PM PDT
An Antioch man has been charged with four felonies after allegedly threatening, beating and burglarizing his girlfriend and killing her puppy.
Gerald Anthony Ortega, 25, was arrested Thursday evening in a Concord motel after his 31-year-old girlfriend reported that earlier that day he had assaulted her, said Lt. Steve Dyer of the Concord Police Department.
The woman fled her North Concord home and flagged down utility workers, who drove her to the police station.
During questioning, the victim said that Ortega had abused her emotionally and physically for three years, as well as threatening to kill her two children according to Dyer.
The woman also told authorities Ortega had broken into her home two days earlier, stolen numerous items and hanged her Jack Russell terrier puppy from an ceiling light fixture with an electrical cord, Dyer said.
Although she had called police the day the incident happened, the woman initially said she didn't know who the perpetrator was because she feared for her life, Dyer said.
Police arrested Ortega at the Premiere Inn on Concord Avenue and booked him into the Martinez jail, where he remained Sunday evening.
By Rowena Coetsee
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 05/02/2010 10:24:12 PM PDT
Updated: 05/03/2010 05:20:07 PM PDT
An Antioch man has been charged with four felonies after allegedly threatening, beating and burglarizing his girlfriend and killing her puppy.
Gerald Anthony Ortega, 25, was arrested Thursday evening in a Concord motel after his 31-year-old girlfriend reported that earlier that day he had assaulted her, said Lt. Steve Dyer of the Concord Police Department.
The woman fled her North Concord home and flagged down utility workers, who drove her to the police station.
During questioning, the victim said that Ortega had abused her emotionally and physically for three years, as well as threatening to kill her two children according to Dyer.
The woman also told authorities Ortega had broken into her home two days earlier, stolen numerous items and hanged her Jack Russell terrier puppy from an ceiling light fixture with an electrical cord, Dyer said.
Although she had called police the day the incident happened, the woman initially said she didn't know who the perpetrator was because she feared for her life, Dyer said.
Police arrested Ortega at the Premiere Inn on Concord Avenue and booked him into the Martinez jail, where he remained Sunday evening.
