The Ellis County Press: Estranged husband kidnaps, sexually assaults wife

Estranged husband kidnaps, sexually assaults wife
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Megan Gray on 04/07/2011 12:15:00


WAXAHACHIE - A 27-year-old Dallas man was arrested on felony charges Monday,
April 4 after sexually assaulting and kidnapping his wife from her home on the
100 block of South Edgefield.
Carlos Antonio Pineda, just released from jail on Friday, April 1 according to
police records, was arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and set on a
$75,000 bond on Monday, April 4.
On Saturday, April 2, Pineda went to pick up some money left in the mailbox from
his wife, whose identity is not being revealed because she was a victim, then
kidnapped and physically assaulted her in Lancaster before taking her to the
Deluxe Inn Motel off Interstate Highway 30 in Dallas to sexually assault her.
The wife stated to the detective Pineda was her husband and they had been
separated. She also stated she at first got in the car willingly but later, when
she wanted out, he grabbed her by the arm holding her against her will while
threatening to kill her.
According to the statement, that’s when Pineda kidnapped her and drove her to
Dallas, sexually assaulting her.
Pineda has seven other previous felony convictions.
Wife’s name is withheld due to our newspaper policy on victims of sexual
assault.