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sa国际传媒官网网页入口 officer charged in domestic violence incident
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By Matthew Reisen
An sa国际传媒官网网页入口 police officer is accused of roughing up his girlfriend on Sunday at the couple鈥檚 home in Rio Rancho.
Isaiah Ortiz y Pino, 27, is charged with battery against a household member in connection with the incident. He was booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center but has since been released.
Ortiz y Pino joined the sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Department in December 2022, APD spokesman Gilbert Gallegos said.
Gallegos said Ortiz y Pino is on paid administrative leave while the department conducts an internal investigation.
The girlfriend filed a restraining order against Ortiz y Pino on Monday, alleging a 鈥渉istory of physical abuse鈥� that included 鈥渦npredicted outbursts for no reason.鈥�
In the petition, she wrote that APD officers came to the house and took Ortiz y Pino鈥檚 鈥渨ork-assigned firearms鈥� after his arrest.
The mother of Ortiz y Pino鈥檚 child, a different woman, filed a restraining order against him in 2020, alleging he was stalking her and exhibited 鈥渦npredictable chaotic behavior.鈥� The case was dismissed soon after.
On Sunday, Rio Rancho police responded to a domestic dispute in the 550 block of Archibeque SE, northeast of Idalia and Southern. Officers found Ortiz y Pino had left the home, but his girlfriend and her 11-year-old daughter were 鈥渃rying and shaking.鈥�
The girlfriend told police that Ortiz y Pino had been drinking and throwing beer foam on the wall, sparking an argument in front of their respective children, according to a criminal complaint filed in Magistrate Court. She said they went into the bedroom, and the argument escalated until Ortiz y Pino threw her on the bed repeatedly, grabbing her by the neck and hair.
Police said the girlfriend told them she screamed for help and Ortiz y Pino took his 5-year-old daughter and left the home. She told police Ortiz y Pino had gotten physical with her 鈥渘umerous times鈥� in the past, but 鈥渢his was the worst it had ever been.鈥�
The girlfriend told police she called her mother for help because Ortiz y Pino had warned her that if she called 911, 鈥渟he would be the one to get in trouble鈥� because he is an officer and 鈥渃ould not get in trouble with the law,鈥� according to the complaint. Officers observed markings they believe indicated abuse on the girlfriend鈥檚 neck and chest.
Police said Ortiz y Pino initially called the non-emergency line to request an escort back to the home but then hung up on dispatchers. Officers tried to call him back several times, and it went straight to voicemail.
