​Suspect Sentenced in Arcadia Domestic Beating

PHOTO/courtesy of the Arcadia Police Department.

Written by AARON CASTREJON 
CityWatch Editor 

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ARCADIA - A domestic battery suspect was sentenced to four years in the slammer in the beating of the mother of his two children from 2019, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

Robert Michael Mendez, 28, pleaded no contest in September of this year to one felony count of injuring a girlfriend or child’s parent, according to Deputy District Attormey Lisa Daruty.

The beating took place in Mendez’s Arcadia Home September 29, 2019.

When the victim attempted an escape, Mendez dragged her back to the home while beating her, Daruty said in a written statement.

The incident was caught on security camera footage as the victim fled Mendez.

The victim was hospitalized for her injuries. Mendez was found and arrested within the home in the 1500 block of South Santa Anita Avenue and arrested initially on suspicion of attempted murder, kidnapping, false imprisonment and other charges, Arcadia Police said.

Officers were sent a link of the assault around 2 p.m. September 30. The video was believed to have taken place in the area of Santa Anita Avenue and Camino Real. Detectives canvassed the area and narrowed the location to the 1500 block of South Santa Anita where the woman and suspect were found, Arcadia Police said.

Additional information led detectives to believe the assault took place around 11:40 p.m. September 29.

“Investigation also revealed that the female victim had been held against her will inside the residence since late last evening,” Arcadia Police said.