Rogelio Salas Jr., of Torrington, could be facing three to five years in state prison for strangulation of a household member after violating probation orders passed down from Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Patrick Korell after he pleaded guilty in 2016.
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TORRINGTON – Rogelio Salas Jr., of Torrington, could be facing three to five years in state prison for strangulation of a household member after violating probation orders passed down from Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Patrick Korell after he pleaded guilty in 2016.
Salas was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of possession of a controlled substance on Oct. 29, which spurred the revocation.
The 2016 strangulation charge carries a three to five-year prison sentence, but Korell recommended at the time that Salas complete the Youthful Offender Boot Camp Program in Gillette in lieu of serving the prison time. Salas completed the program and was placed on five years of supervised probation, according to court documents filed by Deputy Goshen County Attorney Nathaniel Hibben. In violating his probation, Salas could face the entirety of the prison term.
Salas allegedly violated the terms of his probation 11 times in September and October of 2018, according to the affidavit for revocation of probation filed by Magdalena Butnariu, the probation and parole agent assigned to Salas. The affidavit states Salas failed to initiate substance abuse treatment, failed to report to multiple office visits and failed to report for drug testing call-ins. Salas also allegedly failed to report the status of his employment and failed to report a contact with law enforcement – both specific terms of his probation.
A criminal warrant for Salas’ arrest was issued on Nov. 9, according to court documents. The warrant was executed while Salas was incarcerated on the possession charge.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed in the 2016 strangulation case, Salas was arrested after a TPD officer responded to a domestic issue and observed “a black eye and both arms covered in bruises” on the victim.
Salas attacked the victim on Nov. 11, 2016, when the victim tried to wake up Salas, who was sleeping on a couch. “He punched (the victim) in the eye and pushed (the victim) to the floor,” the affidavit said. “Rogelio jumped on top of (the victim) and started punching (the victim), and choking (the victim) to the point (the victim) could not breath.”
The victim managed to escape and lock them self in the basement. “Rogelio broke his way through the door, where inside he threw (the victim) on the bed. (The victim) said (Rogelio) got on top of her and started hitting and choking her.”
Salas was apprehended and transported to the Goshen County Detention Center, where a detention deputy found “two tubes and a bag containing a white, crystal substance. Rogelio admitted the substance was methamphetamine.”
Salas is currently awaiting sentencing at the GCDC. A date has not been set for the sentencing hearing.
