domestic abuse

The judge stated that Fernandez is "incredibly lucky" he is not going away for life.

"She said he had physically and sexually abused her in the truck over the past several days while she was transporting the commercial cargo," the release stated. "She also stated he stabbed her in the leg."

33.9% of women in Wyoming and 30.5% of men in Wyoming experience intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking in their lifetimes.

A Fort Collins man was pronounced dead at a local hospital after police say he was shot in an apparent domestic violence incident late last week.

After the interviews were conducted, the victim told another officer that Ortiz had held a knife to her stomach and threatened to kill her on July 8.