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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) -- A Porterville antheral pleaded not blameworthy successful tribunal Tuesday, related to accusations helium acceptable his woman connected fire.
Sean Hofmann is charged with 5 counts, including torture and arson causing large bodily injury.
The justice gave him a no-contact order, instructing him to support a 100-foot region from his wife.
Outside the Tulare County Courthouse, Sheena Hofmann’s friends and household wore purple and held up signs protesting home violence.
“I knew that they argued, but what mates doesn’t argue? And I wasn’t alert that it was similar this,” Sheena’s long-time person Lisa Flowers said.
Flowers and Hofmann’s children are married. Flowers says she was hosting a movie nighttime for their shared household connected Friday erstwhile Sheena’s lad got an alarming call.
“And past 10-15 minutes later, I got a telephone from him saying ‘he acceptable her connected fire,’” Flowers said.
The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office responded to that call.
“At astir 5:30 successful the evening, we got a telephone from a pistillate saying that her girl was connected fire,” Lt. Randall Gunderman said.
Deputies arrested Sean Hofmann connected attempted execution and arson causing large bodily wounded charges.
This territory attorney’s bureau accrued those charges connected Tuesday. He is present charged with attempted murder, torture, home violence, mayhem, and arson, causing large bodily injury.
The justice says helium was retired connected bail during the incident.
“Long-time victims of home violence, they’re apprehensive to report,” Gunderman said. “It’s evident successful this lawsuit that determination was a history, and if these things spell unreported, obviously, they’re conscionable going to get worse.”
Gunderman says his bureau has had run-ins with the mates successful the past, but ne'er thing this extreme.
“Justice needs to beryllium served for her. Her beingness volition everlastingly beryllium altered. She’s gonna beryllium scarred forever. This is not thing she tin conscionable get past,” Flowers said.
Flowers is herself a subsister of home violence. Her group’s connection to the assemblage is ‘love doesn’t hurt.’
Sheena is presently successful captious condition, and Sean volition instrumentality to tribunal connected Oct. 23 and 27.
