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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Honestly, I could understand being angry about it but they took it too far, he should've just left her ass. A lot of you might think that, I think so too but honestly, I could see why those Marines did what they did. I don't condone it but I understand it. When you're out there in the shit, not knowing whether or not you're gonna make it home, the one thing you at least hope that you could be sure of is that your woman or man is being faithful to you waiting for you to get back. You expect that and I think it's right to expect loyalty out of somebody that you married and that they expect the same kind of loyalty out of you.
During my time in the Corps, I've seen a lot of spouses run around on their man or woman. I've seen a lot of "Dear John" letters. You're out there putting boots on the ground doing your job expecting to come home and try to put the shit out of your head. Then you come home to find the one that you've been fighting to get back to has fucked around on you. Some cases it was with more than one person more than once. It's a screwed up thing and something that could drive somebody to kill. What these Marines did was not right at all but when you're hurt like that, it's hard to see straight. I've actually did something in one of my relationships during my time in the Corps that I'm not exactly proud of. I caught my girlfriend at the time cheating on me in an apartment we shared together. I made both of them get out the apartment at gunpoint, both naked, and locked them outside. I didn't allow them to get their clothes back until the police arrived. Luckily, I didn't get arrested.
When I caught them, I actually wanted to kill them both, I don't know what stopped me, I guess you could say some kind of reasoning came in and I thought it better to embarrass them. I thought it was pretty hilarious back then but now, I wonder if I could have handle things differently rather than pulling my pistol, threatening to shove it up their asses and pull the trigger if they didn't get out. Anyway, the point that I'm trying to make is that when you're a young Marine, or service member, you don't actually make the best decisions in some situations. If I was in that situation, it's hard to say what I would've done. I might have beat the hell out of him myself. I would've rather myself get in trouble than my Marines get in trouble with me.
During my time in the Corps, I've seen a lot of spouses run around on their man or woman. I've seen a lot of "Dear John" letters. You're out there putting boots on the ground doing your job expecting to come home and try to put the shit out of your head. Then you come home to find the one that you've been fighting to get back to has fucked around on you. Some cases it was with more than one person more than once. It's a screwed up thing and something that could drive somebody to kill. What these Marines did was not right at all but when you're hurt like that, it's hard to see straight. I've actually did something in one of my relationships during my time in the Corps that I'm not exactly proud of. I caught my girlfriend at the time cheating on me in an apartment we shared together. I made both of them get out the apartment at gunpoint, both naked, and locked them outside. I didn't allow them to get their clothes back until the police arrived. Luckily, I didn't get arrested.
When I caught them, I actually wanted to kill them both, I don't know what stopped me, I guess you could say some kind of reasoning came in and I thought it better to embarrass them. I thought it was pretty hilarious back then but now, I wonder if I could have handle things differently rather than pulling my pistol, threatening to shove it up their asses and pull the trigger if they didn't get out. Anyway, the point that I'm trying to make is that when you're a young Marine, or service member, you don't actually make the best decisions in some situations. If I was in that situation, it's hard to say what I would've done. I might have beat the hell out of him myself. I would've rather myself get in trouble than my Marines get in trouble with me.
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When you go to another man house to screw his wife don't expect roses from the man.
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And this is bannered as "US Marines...." why?
Let's face it- you can only report so many ways how produce grows in Bakersfield before you finally turn to bashing Marines.
It's abundantly clear to me this paper is trying to boost it's circulation at the expense of the Corp. May I suggest no recruiting ads be placed with this paper until an apology is given to it's subscribers and the community at large (that no doubt includes hundreds of families whose fathers, sons, brothers, etc. have bled and died as US Marines so the paper can freely report the "news").
Shame on the Bakersfield Californian!
Let's face it- you can only report so many ways how produce grows in Bakersfield before you finally turn to bashing Marines.
It's abundantly clear to me this paper is trying to boost it's circulation at the expense of the Corp. May I suggest no recruiting ads be placed with this paper until an apology is given to it's subscribers and the community at large (that no doubt includes hundreds of families whose fathers, sons, brothers, etc. have bled and died as US Marines so the paper can freely report the "news").
Shame on the Bakersfield Californian!
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I actually support this beating. That man had no honor and deserved a good beating. I wish more Jody's out there got a little. Maybe then deployment wall of shames would be a little less bulky.
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Since when do soldiers react like gang bangers? This will never change the cheating wife’s mind, she was the one lying to him. Dump her ass, then simply whip his one on one like a man.
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Much easier to divorce her ass and let him deal wuth her. She been cheating on her husband with him, obviousky she'll do it to jody.
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I'm from Bakersgiel originally, raised there, signed up for the Army there. That being said this is against every core value a solider is taught. This is not some hazing incident and regardless of the situation they injured a civilian they swore to protect. I've been watching that new walking dead driers and they portray the military poorly (in my opinion) so this type of behavior only destroys the civilians view of the military. I am saddened to hear of this incident...very sad...they plead not guilty but their admissions to police make this case a slam dunk in my opinion.
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