Police took a 48-year-old Los Gatos man into custody after responding to a battery call along the 200 block of Edelen Avenue on Sunday evening.
According to the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department’s transparency portal, officers headed to Old Town shopping center after receiving a call from a woman at 6:18pm who said she’d been choked by her partner and that he remained on the premises.
Body camera footage shows the police were on scene by 6:26pm.
“The investigation is still ongoing, so we won’t be providing any additional information at this time,” Cpt. Greg Borromeo, department spokesperson, said in an email.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Le Jacqueline Duong issued an Emergency Protective Order against the man, which requires him to stay 300 yards away from the victim.
The application, filed by an LGMSPD officer, states the victim, after being “strangled” for approximately 8-10 seconds, “was fearful for her life” and “unable to exit the apt. when police arrived.”
Firearms were seized from the home and the suspect is not allowed to possess any until the order expires on Nov. 6 at 5pm, per the court document.
The police returned to the location with a search warrant around 4:30pm Monday that allowed them to look for guns and ammunition.
