People v. Bravo CA1/4

BACKGROUND

Bravo was charged with five criminal counts arising from a series of events on May 17 and 18, 2022, and text messages he sent Doe between April 8 and May 17, 2022. On May 17, Bravo appeared at Doe’s home in violation of a domestic violence restraining order entered in the divorce proceedings. She hid in the car with her children and grandchild as he approached the front door, and then walked over and looked at her car but did not see her. He was arrested the next day, after a deputy sheriff observed him driving and initiated a traffic stop. Bravo stopped his car, but swore at officers and did not respond to their commands. He started driving again at a slow speed, and then stopped again, but still refused to comply with commands. Officers eventually arrested him. Bravo was charged with stalking, two counts of making criminal threats, delaying a peace officer, and evading arrest, along with a probation violation and aggravating circumstances. Bravo later pled guilty to the stalking count and was sentenced to 300 days in jail, which he was deemed already to have served, plus five years’ probation and a 52-week domestic violence program. The remaining counts were…