Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho has found probable cause to warrant the filing of charges against Gordon Aldan Castro, a 27-year-old man accused of holding his family hostage for seven hours at his house in Afetnas.<\/p>\n
After hearing the witnesses\u2019 testimony and counsels\u2019 arguments during Tuesday\u2019s preliminary hearing, Camacho ordered Castro to answer the charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, and disturbing the peace.<\/p>\n
Arraignment will be on Oct. 19, 2015, at 9am.<\/p>\n
After the hearing, Castro was remanded into the custody of the Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n
Assistant attorney general Shannon Foley called to the witness stand Rudolpho Hermosilla, who basically narrated to the court the circumstances leading to the suspect\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n
Assistant public defender Matthew Meyer called to the witness stand Castro\u2019s common-law wife and one of their children.<\/p>\n
According to the charges, Castro held his family hostage on Sept. 26, 2015, threatening his common-law-wife with a knife if police wouldn\u2019t leave while confining her and their two minor children to the house. The seven-hour hostage drama began at 10:42pm.<\/p>\n
Castro allegedly threatened to kill his wife while holding a knife to her neck, causing her to scream, \u201cLet me go! You\u2019re hurting me!\u201d<\/p>\n
Castro was already sleeping with his family when members of the Department of Public Safety\u2019s Special Enforcement and Action Section entered the house on Sept. 27 at 5:46am, according to police detective Therese S. Kintoki in her report.<\/p>\n
Kintoki said that when SEAS officers got inside the house at 5:46am, Castro was sleeping on the couch beside his wife while their two children were on the other side of the couch.<\/p>\n
Kintoki said the wife and two children, ages 9 and 3, were escorted out and examined by medics, while Castro was arrested and brought to the Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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