Frederico Gomez Jr. Changes Plea In Aggravated Assault Case

A Casper man has admitted to breaking into his mother-in-law’s apartment with an axe.

Frederico Gomez Junior has pleaded guilty to one charge of aggravated assault.

Police say in May, Gomez’s mother-in-law told officers that Gomez Junior showed up at her apartment wanting to see his wife.

At first he was beating and kicking the front door, and was threatening to break it in.

Gomez Junior then went to the back of the building, climbed onto the balcony and entered the apartment with an axe.

He left the apartment empty handed, and was arrested a short time later after police found the axe.

Gomez Junior will be sentenced at a later date.