Man who assaulted ex-girlfriend, threw bottles at deputies pleads guilty
A 33-year-old man who assaulted his ex-girlfriend and threw beer bottles at deputies in Coachella pleaded guilty to felony charges today.
Estevan Ivan Chavez Jaimes pleaded guilty to one felony count each of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, and resisting or deterring an officer, according to court records. He also pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of willful child cruelty.
He's set to be sentenced Tuesday morning. Â Â
Deputies from the Thermal Sheriff's Station responded at around 1 a.m. Nov. 13, 2022, to a domestic violence disturbance at a residence in the 48000 block of Playa Del Amor Street, according to Sgt. Matthew Allert of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
Chavez, who had physically assaulted his ex-girlfriend, "was extremely intoxicated and became physically assaultive, and began to throw full beer bottles at the deputies on scene," Allert wrote in a statement. "Deputies were able to subdue Chavez and he was arrested."Â Â
His ex-girlfriend mentioned pain on her face, but refused medical treatment, Allert said. Chavez sustained minor injuries. Â Â
He was arrested and booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, where he was being held on $50,000 bail.
