AZMEX DV UPDATE 27 DEC 2019
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Mesa man grabbed teen's genitals 'to let her know he loves her,' police say
Suspect broke protection order, according to court documents
• azfamily.com News Staff
• Posted Dec 26, 2019
https://www.azfamily.com/news/mesa-man-grabbed-teen-s-genitals-to-let-her-know/article_b2a55a3a-2809-11ea-8dad-6bebf32f1096.html
Tadeo Octavio Valenzuela Cota
Source: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office
MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) – A Mesa man is facing several felony and misdemeanor charges
after allegedly assaulting a teen girl and threatening to kill her family.
Police said Tadeo Octavio Valenzuela Cota also tried to resist officers when they arrested him on Christmas Eve.
According to court paperwork, Cota, 19, had been served with an order of protection (OOP) on Nov. 18,
which means he was supposed to stay away from his ex-girlfriend, who is a minor.
"The defendant lives across the street from [the] victim … and continually violates the OOP," police wrote in Cota's public court documents.
They also noted domestic violence issues in the form of threats of harm.
In the probable cause for arrest statement, police said "it was evident [Cota] was involved in a physical altercation
due to the defendant having fresh scratch marks on the front and back of his body and the back of his neck."
Investigators said the victim told them that Cota had been trying to talk to her all day Tuesday and came up to her when she left her home.
"The defendant began to argue with the victim who continually asked the defendant to leave," according to court documents.
"[The victim] stated the defendant grabbed her by the neck and top of her arms and shook her violently as he asked her why she was doing this."
Investigators said the victim also told them Cota grabbed her genitals and threatened to kill her family if she left him.
Police said a witness told them Cota had been asked to leave several times.
According to court documents, Cota "refused to leave and became confrontational when
[the victim's] family tried to intervene and keep him away from [her]."
The witness told police Cota tried to force his way into the victim's home and then got into a fight with a member of her family.
Excerpt from Tadeo Octavio Valenzuela Cota's court documents
Source: Tadeo Octavio Valenzuela Cota's court documents
According to the probable cause statement, two officers suffered minor injuries while struggling
with Cota as he was resisting arrest. After Cota was read his Miranda rights,
police said Cota told them he had been served with the protection order about a week earlier.
Records from the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and Mesa Police Department show that order was served on Nov. 18.
Police said Cota also admitted to grabbing the victim and shaking her, "but not too hard."
He also said he "threatened to kill her family if she did not stay with him," according to the probable cause for arrest statement.
Police said Cota admitted doing everything the victim told them he did, including grabbing her genitals, "but only did it to let her know he loves her."
Cota was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault on an officer, aggravated assault and violation of a protection order,
resisting arrested, sexual abuse, failure to comply with a court order, and threatening/intimidating.
A judge set a secured appearance bond of $5,000. Cota has a status conference scheduled for Dec. 31,
and then a preliminary hearing on Jan. 3
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