A Lafayette man has been arrested and accused of choking a lady and stopping her from escaping her residence, earlier than stealing and crashing her automotive along with her in it.
Mizraim Fernando Tejeda-Trujillo, 28, is dealing with fees of second-degree assault; second-degree kidnapping; false imprisonment; vehicular assault; obstruction of phone service; reckless endangerment; reckless driving; driving drunk; no proof of insurance coverage; driving with a suspended license.
Tejeda-Trujillo additionally had lively warrants out for his arrest for third-degree assault and felony mischief out of Adams County Sheriff’s Workplace; sexual assault out of Denver Police Division; and a violation of a safety order out of the Lakewood Police Division.
He’s at present in custody on a $75,000 bond and is about to subsequent seem on Tuesday for his formal submitting of fees.
In keeping with an affidavit, at roughly 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Lafayette police have been notified of a attainable disturbance at a Lafayette tackle which was redacted from the affidavit. A girl informed dispatch {that a} man was making an attempt to steal her automotive after which she was heard saying, “Let me out.”
Earlier than police made it to the scene, they have been alerted to a crash at one other undisclosed tackle that was probably associated to the incident.
Police later discovered via interviews and reviewing surveillance footage, that at roughly 11 a.m. the identical day, Tejeda-Trujillo arrived on the lady’s residence and started arguing along with her. The lady informed police he smelled of alcohol and that she discovered a 375 mL bottle of Fireball Whiskey, that she believed he drank.
The 2 went inside the place Tejeda-Trujillo reportedly threw the lady on her mattress and pinned her down, based on the affidavit. The lady informed police that Tejeda-Trujillo threatened to kill her, then started choking her, throughout which she was unable to breathe for roughly 35 seconds. In keeping with the affidavit, Tejeda-Trujillo additionally reportedly headbutted her thrice, and bit her.
Police wrote that Tejeda-Trujillo took her cellphone so she was unable to name 911. The lady later informed police she was capable of get to the toilet however was unable to go away as Tejeda-Trujillo stood in entrance of the door blocking her from escaping, based on the affidavit. She informed police she was finally capable of escape after mendacity to Tejeda-Trujillo that she heard a knock on the door and believed it to be police.
The lady then fled to a neighbor’s residence and known as 911 throughout which Tejeda-Trujillo acquired in her automotive in an effort to steal it, based on the affidavit. She informed police she then ran and acquired within the passenger’s aspect of the automotive in an try and cease him — however Tejeda-Trujillo took off, narrowly lacking an SUV in entrance of the automobile. Police decided via surveillance footage, that the lady was nonetheless partially out of the automotive with the door open and was prone to severe bodily damage.
In keeping with the affidavit, the automobile then sped via a cease signal earlier than turning proper onto eastbound West Baseline Street. Witnesses informed police the automotive was going 70 mph in a 30 mph space, and the lady could possibly be heard by dispatchers telling Tejeda-Trujillo to let her out of the automotive. Shereported to police that she was unable to buckle her seatbelt.
In keeping with the affidavit, because the automotive approached the intersection of West Baseline Street and North 111th Avenue there was one other automotive stopped within the eastbound lanes at a purple mild. Tejeda-Trujillo reportedly drove into the oncoming westbound lanes to keep away from hitting the stopped automotive, then continued within the westbound lanes. He then reached one other purple mild on the intersection of West Baseline Street and North Public Street, the place he reportedly switched again into the eastbound lanes, narrowly lacking a automobile, based on the affidavit.
In surveillance footage, police noticed that the automotive then overcorrected and turned left however the path it traveled subsequent was redacted from the affidavit. Police reported that the automobile was dashing, earlier than hitting a curb and narrowly lacking two autos going westbound. In keeping with the affidavit, the automotive Tejeda-Trujillo was driving then went airborne and rolled a number of instances. Throughout this crash, the lady fell out of the entrance passenger-side door. The automobile landed on its roof, and Tejeda-Trujillo was seen strolling westbound, away from the automobile.
Police interviewed Tejeda-Trujillo, who admitted to taking the lady’s cellphone and driving whereas drunk however mentioned he stopped to permit the her to get out of the automotive and he or she refused. Tejeda-Trujillo additionally informed police the lady slapped him whereas they have been within the automotive, based on the affidavit.
The lady had a fractured rib which doubtless punctured her left lung, leading to a collapsed lung..“]
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