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Monday, September 30, 2013

Angels Camp PD press release re: Domestic Violence Arrests



The Angels Camp Police Department made three arrests related to domestic violence in a 24 hour period. 

On 09-27-13, at approximately 1:20 PM, officers were dispatched to the 300 block of S. Main Street on a report of a physical fight. Upon arrival the involved parties were already gone. Later in the day, at approximately 3:30 PM, the victim arrived at the police department and reported that she was physically assaulted. An arrest affidavit was completed for the suspect and he was located the next morning, 09-28-13, at approximately 9 AM, in the 300 block of S. Main Street. James Rick Moore, a 45 year old Angels Camp resident, was arrested and booked into the Calaveras County Jail on charges related to battery resulting in an injury, false imprisonment, sexual battery, damaging a telephone line, and sexual assault. 

On 09-27-13, at approximately 8:30 PM, officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Casey Street on a report of a physical family fight. Further investigation revealed that three subjects were involved in an alcohol fueled fight that resulted in minor injuries. Ruben Daniel Gomez, a 45 year old Angels Camp resident, was arrested and booked on charges related to battery resulting in an injury, child endangerment, and lewd behavior in the presence of a child. 

On 09-28-13, at approximately 2:15 PM, a witness that desires to remain anonymous reported seeing a man physically assaulting a woman in a parking lot in the 200 block of S. Main Street. The witness observed the man punching the woman in the stomach and then following the woman as she was trying to walk away. The suspect reportedly grabbed her and walked the woman back to a vehicle and they got in and left the area. The witness provided a vehicle description and a license plate, and officers located the vehicle and stopped it in the 700 block of S. Main Street. The victim was uncooperative, but per the independent witness statement an arrest was made. Dale Edward Roberts, a 48 year old Rescue, CA resident, was arrested on charges related to battery and public intoxication.

As a public service reminder the members of the Angels Camp Police Department would like to note that the month of October is designated by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence as domestic violence awareness month.