{"id":66267,"date":"2023-05-19T12:57:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/california-felon-accused-of-kidnapping-torturing-women-told-police-victims-were-burglars-66267"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:57:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:57:46","slug":"california-felon-accused-of-kidnapping-torturing-women-told-police-victims-were-burglars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/california-felon-accused-of-kidnapping-torturing-women-told-police-victims-were-burglars-66267","title":{"rendered":"California felon accused of kidnapping, torturing women told police victims were burglars"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A California felon accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/topic\/missing-persons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of kidnapping<\/a> and torturing two women in his home allegedly told police that they were burglars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gilberto Puga, 53, of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moreno Valley<\/a>, is charged with false imprisonment and torture and is being held on $1 million bail.<\/p>\n<p>The Riverside County Sheriff&#8217;s Office initially received a call on the morning of May 14 from Puga, who reported that two women had burglarized his residence on the 26000 block of Prairie Dog Lane.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities later received a phone call from two females at Puga&#8217;s residence &#8220;screaming for help,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/bob-lee-murder-suspect-nima-momeni-lawyer-says-it-was-accident-client-acted-self-defense\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BOB LEE MURDER SUSPECT NIMA MOMENI&#8217;S LAWYER SAYS IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, CLIENT ACTED IN SELF-DEFENSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputies saw the two victims walking away from Puga&#8217;s residence upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investigators determined<\/a> &#8220;that the two females had not burglarized Puga\u2019s residence but had been locked in Puga\u2019s residence, held against their will, and tortured,&#8221; the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-doctor-purposefully-drove-tesla-cliff-family-inside-affadavit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CALIFORNIA DOCTOR \u2018PURPOSEFULLY DROVE\u2019 TESLA OFF CLIFF WITH FAMILY INSIDE: AFFIDAVIT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A criminal complaint against Puga obtained by local news outlet KTLA 5 says the suspect allegedly held the two victims in his enclosed patio for more than 30 minutes while he tortured them with a stun gun.<\/p>\n<p>Puga was arrested the next day.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect has a criminal history and bad reputation among neighbors, according to KTLA. Eddie De Leon told the outlet that Puga approached his 18-year-old daughter outside their home in February of last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/new-jersey-kidnapping-suspect-faces-new-charges-woman-held-captive-1-year-made-daring-escape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NEW JERSEY KIDNAPPING SUSPECT FACES NEW CHARGES AFTER WOMAN HELD CAPTIVE FOR 1 YEAR MADE DARING ESCAPE: AG<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He pulls up and blocks her in our driveway,&#8221; De Leon, who now has a restraining order against Puag, said. &#8220;He comes up and starts telling her how pretty she was and because it was also Valentine\u2019s Day weekend, that if she doesn\u2019t have a date, he\u2019d love to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/lifestyle\/relationships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take her out on a date<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another neighbor named Sammy said the suspect threatened to kill her family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He said he was going to come and kill me, he was going to kill everyone in the house, he was going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get people from L.A.<\/a> to come and shoot my house,&#8221; Sammy told KTLA.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are asking anyone who has had &#8220;any contact with Puga under similar circumstances or any information with this case to call Investigator Robert Castellanos or Deputy Daisy Ayala&#8221; at (951) 486-6700.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-felon-accused-kidnapping-torturing-women-told-police-victims-were-burglars\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/california-felon-accused-kidnapping-torturing-women-told-police-victims-were-burglars <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California felon accused of accused of kidnapping and torturing two women in his home allegedly told police that they were burglars.\u00a0 Gilberto Puga, 53, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-66267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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