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FAIRMONT -- A Fairmont man is facing multiple felony charges in Martin County after allegedly breaking into a woman's home and assaulting her.
Anthony Sandoval, 30, has been charged with two counts of burglary in the first degree, each of which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $35,000 fine.
He is also charged with one count each of assault in the third degree domestic assault and violation of a no contact order, each of which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
According to the complaint:
On June 24, Fairmont police officers were dispatched to a report of a domestic assault. A woman said she had been assaulted by "Anthony." She said he broke into her house, hit her in the face with a beer bottle and broke her teeth.
Dispatch advised that the assault had occurred in the 600 block of North Orient Street, but the suspect was at a residence in the 700 block of East Sixth Street. While responding, an officer observed another woman standing on the corner of North Grant Street and East Sixth Street. The woman said she had seen a man running to a different house. The officer arrived at the residence in question and spoke to another woman who said "Anthony" was not there.
The officer then traveled to the 600 block of North Orient Street, where he met with the woman and observed her injuries, including multiple broken teeth. Initially, the woman said "Anthony," later identified as Sandoval, had hit her in the face with a beer bottle. The woman said Sandoval had broken into her back door, come inside and confronted her. She said she tried to talk with Sandoval but he assaulted her.
The woman said Sandoval had broken her makeup mirror. The woman said Sandoval hit her in the face with the mirror. When questioned about her previous statement about being struck with a beer bottle, the woman said she must have been mistaken.
Officers later discovered Sandoval sleeping in a camper behind another person's residence. Officers could smell a strong odor of alcohol on him. When asked what was going on, Sandoval replied that when he came home it was "the same old ballgame again." He denied having contact with the woman.
Officers determined there was an active domestic abuse no contact order prohibiting Sandoval from having any contact with the woman.
A review of Sandoval's criminal history shows he has more than two prior qualified domestic violence-related offense convictions in the past 10 years.