Posted on Sep 25, 2015
"Reports: U.S. Marines beat, choked man over alleged affair"
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From: The Bakersfield Californian
The man traveled to Bakersfield early Sunday in the belief he’d be spending time with the woman he loved.
But when he arrived at her south Bakersfield residence, three men wearing hockey masks punched, kicked and choked him to the point of passing out, according to police documents. The woman listened to the beating from a back bedroom.
The documents say the defendants — including Sergio Medina, the woman’s husband — are infantrymen in the U.S. Marine Corps. Medina, 20, Rodrigo Sanchez, 19, and Leonardo Ortiz, 19, have pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping with bodily injury and robbery, and are being held on $500,000 bail.
The victim was interviewed by police Sunday morning. He said he had arrived in the 2800 block of Lee Drive after receiving a Snapchat message from Diana Reyes, whom he met in 2012 and with whom he’d once been romantically involved.
The man said they talked often on social media about her marital troubles, according to the documents filed in Kern County Superior Court. She’d been trying to get him to come to Bakersfield, and he arrived at her home about 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
When he parked nearby, he received a Snapchat message saying, “Come in the door is unlocked,” the documents say. The man entered the home and was approached by three men in hockey masks who immediately began beating him.
They forced him to the ground and bound his wrists with zip ties, the documents say. Then they placed a belt around his neck, and the man told police he struggled so hard to breathe he nearly lost consciousness.
The documents say one of the men, whom the others called “Sergio,” asked him what he was doing at the house. He told him he was there to meet Reyes, and Sergio asked if he knew she was married.
The man said he believed she was getting a divorce and he was in love with her. The men laughed at him.
They held him captive for about 30 minutes, and released him after taking items including his cellphone and wallet, the documents say. They threatened to kill him.
“We know where your family lives and have your driver’s license, so don’t go to the cops,” the man said his assailants told him.
The defendants and Reyes followed the man as he drove from the neighborhood, the documents say. The man eventually parked at a 7-Eleven near Real Road and punched his vehicle’s OnStar button for medical assistance.
Police were contacted after he was taken to a hospital with injuries including an orbital fracture with his left eye swollen shut, bruising to his head and entire body, and swelling to his head and neck. The documents say abrasions were visible on his wrists and neck.
Police soon stopped Medina in a vehicle, and found Sanchez and Ortiz at a residence in the 5500 block of Monitor Street.
Medina admitted to assaulting the man, and he helped police locate some of the stolen items, according to the documents. He told investigators he had already destroyed the man’s cellphone, and police found other items had been partly burned.
Reyes told investigators that Medina told her to stay in a back bedroom shortly before the victim arrived, the documents say. She said she heard the men pummeling the victim.
Reyes said she and the victim never had sex, but she once kissed him while her husband was on deployment, the documents say. She also told detectives her husband knows her Snapchat password.
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/breaking-news/2015/09/24/reports-u-s-marines-beat-choked-man-over-alleged-affair.html
The man traveled to Bakersfield early Sunday in the belief he’d be spending time with the woman he loved.
But when he arrived at her south Bakersfield residence, three men wearing hockey masks punched, kicked and choked him to the point of passing out, according to police documents. The woman listened to the beating from a back bedroom.
The documents say the defendants — including Sergio Medina, the woman’s husband — are infantrymen in the U.S. Marine Corps. Medina, 20, Rodrigo Sanchez, 19, and Leonardo Ortiz, 19, have pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping with bodily injury and robbery, and are being held on $500,000 bail.
The victim was interviewed by police Sunday morning. He said he had arrived in the 2800 block of Lee Drive after receiving a Snapchat message from Diana Reyes, whom he met in 2012 and with whom he’d once been romantically involved.
The man said they talked often on social media about her marital troubles, according to the documents filed in Kern County Superior Court. She’d been trying to get him to come to Bakersfield, and he arrived at her home about 12:30 a.m. Sunday.
When he parked nearby, he received a Snapchat message saying, “Come in the door is unlocked,” the documents say. The man entered the home and was approached by three men in hockey masks who immediately began beating him.
They forced him to the ground and bound his wrists with zip ties, the documents say. Then they placed a belt around his neck, and the man told police he struggled so hard to breathe he nearly lost consciousness.
The documents say one of the men, whom the others called “Sergio,” asked him what he was doing at the house. He told him he was there to meet Reyes, and Sergio asked if he knew she was married.
The man said he believed she was getting a divorce and he was in love with her. The men laughed at him.
They held him captive for about 30 minutes, and released him after taking items including his cellphone and wallet, the documents say. They threatened to kill him.
“We know where your family lives and have your driver’s license, so don’t go to the cops,” the man said his assailants told him.
The defendants and Reyes followed the man as he drove from the neighborhood, the documents say. The man eventually parked at a 7-Eleven near Real Road and punched his vehicle’s OnStar button for medical assistance.
Police were contacted after he was taken to a hospital with injuries including an orbital fracture with his left eye swollen shut, bruising to his head and entire body, and swelling to his head and neck. The documents say abrasions were visible on his wrists and neck.
Police soon stopped Medina in a vehicle, and found Sanchez and Ortiz at a residence in the 5500 block of Monitor Street.
Medina admitted to assaulting the man, and he helped police locate some of the stolen items, according to the documents. He told investigators he had already destroyed the man’s cellphone, and police found other items had been partly burned.
Reyes told investigators that Medina told her to stay in a back bedroom shortly before the victim arrived, the documents say. She said she heard the men pummeling the victim.
Reyes said she and the victim never had sex, but she once kissed him while her husband was on deployment, the documents say. She also told detectives her husband knows her Snapchat password.
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/breaking-news/2015/09/24/reports-u-s-marines-beat-choked-man-over-alleged-affair.html
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Not a great idea. It is one thing to respond to a situation. This was bait into an ambush. 3 on 1 at that. Where's the MC pride and discipline. Though I expect discipline will be coming. Hope it was worth the brief bout.
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As far as I'm concerned, the three Marines were cowards, and thieves.
3 on 1, and than robbing the man afterwards?? You three disgraced the Marine Corp that day!!!
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3 on 1, and than robbing the man afterwards?? You three disgraced the Marine Corp that day!!!
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Sounds to me that as always the Marines jumps into a battle without thinking. And why do people always think that the Marines are so bad ass?
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While I understand what they did, I disagree with the method. My neighbors on post and I had a similar problem in Texas. We managed to catch the guy in the act. Never had to lay a hand on him, just made him so uncomfortable that he walked off base and left his car behind. If these Marines had a trial by with a jury of their piers they would never be convicted.
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And as he should have been beaten. He knew she was married and that comes with consequences.
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Lmthey went easy on him if you ask me , if that were me and I would of been away fighting and got cheated on , and the guy knowing about me he would of never left that house .. what do you expect we fight / fought and were trained to kill without thinking , they don't train you on controlling your emotions and love will bring out the worst when you get hurt by love ..
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CDR Michael Goldschmidt
I wouldn't want anyone fighting under my command who could kill without thinking. Truth be told, these guys did think, they just thought stupidly. This was a premeditated Op. The had a plan and tools and overwhelming force. In the military, we call that an OPLAN. In the civilian world, they call that premeditation. It's unacceptable. I would have them drummed out after sufficient brig time. The saddest part is that this probably resulted from combat-related PTSD.
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LTC Paul Labrador
If you think you were trained to kill without thinking, you missed the whole point of basic training, and your Drill Sergeants failed in their task. You were trained to follow commands (and that included killing), and to act within the commander's intent. That is why you get an ROE. Basic training is ALL ABOUT training to control your actions and emotions.
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Obviously, she meant the world to him. And he has brothers that support him more then she does. Lose the bitch, do your time, be satisfied that you struck fear into "Jodie's" mind forever. Let that be a warning to every married military husband/wife, you mess with the bull, you get the horns.
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