Domestic violence incident leads to boyfriend’s arrest
Morgan Hill – A 24-year-old Morgan Hill woman was treated and released from Saint Louise Regional Hospital Saturday night after her boyfriend allegedly ran over her leg with his truck.
Leo Sausedo, 24, of Morgan Hill, was booked into Santa Clara County Jail Sunday afternoon on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery, child endangerment and failure to report a crime.
Morgan Hill police Cmdr. Joe Sampson said that, although the woman had contusions and bruising, she was “very, very lucky” she was not seriously injured. She had no broken bones.
Police responded to a call from the victim’s relative at approximately 9:30pm, Sampson said, and the victim described the events that led to the incident.
Sausedo and the victim, who are the parents of a 2-month-old baby, were returning to Morgan Hill with the child after visiting friends in Capitola, Sampson said. Sausedo allegedly became irate and threatened to beat up the victim.
The victim told police, Sampson said, that Sausedo had anger management problems in the past and that there had been domestic problems that had not been reported to police.
When the victim called her uncle because of Sausedo’s threats, Sausedo allegedly grabbed the cell phone and threw it out the window at the intersection of Butterfield Boulevard and Tennant Avenue, Sampson said, Sausedo allegedly told the victim to get out of the truck. She took the child, who was in a car seat, out of the pickup truck and put the car seat down on the sidewalk. She went back to the truck to retrieve some property from the dashboard, according to Sampson, when Sausedo accelerated, somehow catching the victim on the frame of the truck, pushing her down, and the truck running over her thigh.
Sampson said Sausedo heard her screaming and stopped the truck; looking out the window, he saw the truck was on the victim’s leg and backed the truck off.
At this point, Sampson said, Sausedo panicked, pulled the victim and the child into the truck and drove them to a relative’s residence. He then left the home.
After the victim was treated and officers interviewed her, they contacted Sausedo and talked with him off and on throughout the night, Sampson said, finally convincing him to turn himself in Sunday at approximately 2:30pm.
The incident Saturday night was one of three major domestic violence cases officers responded to that day, Sampson added.
