Suspect attacks woman in Fresno home while on post-prison supervision, officials say

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Action News was successful Sanger arsenic deputies erstwhile again arrested 41-year-old Samuel Botello Rodriguez connected Tuesday.

He's accused of randomly entering a woman's Fresno County location connected Sunday, earlier punching and stabbing her.

The terrified unfortunate survived aft locking herself successful a country until a household subordinate came location and called 911.

But erstwhile Action News spoke to the sheriff's bureau Tuesday, we learned this wasn't the suspect's archetypal run-in with the law.

"We've identified the man, he's a stateless person, 41 years old, Samuel Botello Rodriguez. He is connected AB109 for a anterior burglary conviction," said Tony Botti with the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.

AB109 allows non-violent, non-serious offenders to beryllium supervised astatine the region level aft they are released from authorities prison.

"He's taken vantage of the system. There's nary question astir it. He's allowed to service his clip locally, but portion he's retired he's committing different crimes," said ABC30 ineligible expert Tony Capozzi.

Action News took a heavy dive into Rodriguez's transgression past done the Fresno County Superior Court's system.

Documents amusement helium faced felony charges for "willfully and unlawfully threatening to perpetrate a transgression which would effect successful decease and large bodily injury," successful 2018.

He besides faced home unit charges successful 2020 and was convicted of second-degree commercialized burglary successful 2023.

Capozzi says Rodriguez was released from custody successful August of past year, but faced ineligible occupation again conscionable months later.

"So, portion he's out, there's a usurpation against him. In December of 2024, conscionable a period agone connected December 24th Christmas Eve, helium goes into court. He was successful custody. He was successful court, and helium asked the tribunal to merchandise him connected his ain recognizance. The tribunal did merchandise him, based upon his committedness to obey each laws and not to get successful immoderate much trouble," said Capozzi.

But that committedness was allegedly breached during the convulsive onslaught connected January 19th.

"Then helium commits thing precise serious. He assaults, commits battery, stabs idiosyncratic you know, precise superior crimes, precise aggravated crimes wherever decease could person ensued. Luckily determination was nary decease successful this peculiar case," said Capozzi.

In the stabbing lawsuit from implicit the weekend, Rodriguez was arrested connected attempted execution and burglary charges with a bail acceptable astatine $1 million.

However, ceremonial charges person not yet been filed done the territory attorney's office.

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