WINNEMUCCA - A preliminary hearing in the case of Sandobal Ezequiel Jacobo, charged with burglary, battery with intent to commit robbery, battery on an officer with substantial bodily harm and indecent exposure was held on Dec. 6 in Judge Gene Wambolt's courtroom. Jacobo's case was bound over to district court.
Deputy Kathy Green was called to the witness stand and described the events of her contact with Jacobo on Aug. 17.
Green stated that she was dispatched to Golconda on a report that a subject was trying to steal vehicles or items from vehicles in the mine employee parking lot. She stated that upon her arrival, Jacobo's father was standing in the street yelling for help. Green said that upon contact with Jacobo, she observed he was moaning, groaning and foaming at the mouth.
Green said Jacobo spit at her and charged her with his right shoulder. Green stated that Jacobo jumped into her patrol vehicle and put it into drive, at which time she jumped on top of him. Green struggled to put the vehicle back into park while Jacobo allegedly punched her in the head and twisted her right wrist.
Green said that a male bystander assisted her in pulling Jacobo out of the vehicle and Green secured the vehicle. She stated that she held Jacobo on the ground at gun point. Jacobo tried to get up and Green used her baton on him. Green said Jacobo then screamed and pulled off all of his clothes except for a shirt. Green said she tasered Jacobo but he broke the wires and ran across the street toward the Watering Hole. Green stated that she chased him to the store and grabbed him, at which time Jacobo's shirt came off. Green said that she had difficulty getting him down since he was sweaty.
Three other bystanders attempted to help Green while she said the defendant continued to fight. Green said that she was unable to get Jacobo fully handcuffed until her back up arrived.
Green testified that the injury to her right wrist resulted in torn tendons that did not heal correctly and cause chronic pain.
Public defender Matthew Stermitz, counsel for Jacobo, asked Green if she recorded the incident, to which she said she had not as her patrol car was not equipped with a dash camera. Stermitz asked Green if she had statements from witnesses and she told the court that she did, but not from the individuals who assisted her in apprehending Jacobo.
Wambolt ruled that sufficient evidence existed to bind the case over.
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