The Odessa Police Department charged a man Wednesday after he reportedly broke into his girlfriend’s hotel room and threatened to kill her, an OPD press release stated.
Police responded around 6 a.m. Wednesday at the MCM Grande Hotel and FunDome, 6201 E. Highway 80, in reference to a burglary and an assault, a probable cause affidavit stated.
While en route to the hotel, police found a man matching the description of the suspect in the parking lot of the hotel, the affidavit stated. The man identified himself to the officer as 22-year-old Gabriel Munoz, who was then placed in the patrol unit, the report said.
After making contact with Munoz’s girlfriend, she told officers Munoz had forced his way into the room by breaking the window, confronting the victim while she was on the line with 9-1-1, and tried to pull her out of the bed by grabbing her right leg, only pulling off her boot, the report detailed.
The affidavit details that Munoz had threatened to kill her to teach her a lesson.
Munoz was charged with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit another felony, the release said.
Jail records show Munoz was taken to the Ector County Detention Center Wednesday on a $75,000 bond.
