LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person was arrested after allegedly hitting his spouse with a mini sledgehammer, setting their central valley condominium on fireplace and inflicting a canine’s loss of life, in response to paperwork obtained by 8 Information Now.
On March 6, officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division responded to a disturbance name at an condominium close to West Desert Inn Highway and Arville Road.
When officers arrived, the sufferer advised police her husband, Christopher Ubaldo, 34, hit her on the top with a mini sledgehammer, in response to an arrest report.
The sufferer defined that she and Ubaldo have been in the lounge preparing for mattress when he introduced up an affair she had seven years earlier, which led to an argument. She mentioned she requested Ubaldo if she may use the restroom, and he advised her she had 5 minutes to return to the bed room, the report mentioned.
The sufferer advised police she locked the toilet door to forestall him from getting in as a result of he was getting offended. Shortly afterward, she heard Ubaldo pounding on the door, demanding that she come out.
Ubaldo’s brother and his husband, who additionally lived within the condominium, heard the commotion and got here to see what was occurring. They advised police they tried to cease Ubaldo from breaking down the toilet door, however he succeeded. The sufferer was crouched behind the door when, as she turned her head, she instantly felt a pointy blow to the highest of her head from what felt like a hammer, in response to the report.
LVMPD mentioned she instantly felt ache and blood flowing down her scalp. One of many different males slammed into Ubaldo and shouted for the sufferer to run. She then ran to her son’s girlfriend’s residence to get assist, the report mentioned.
Ubaldo then walked in the direction of his brother and brother-in-law with the sledgehammer. They each ran out of the condominium, and Ubaldo locked the door behind them to forestall them from re-entering, police mentioned.
The lads realized they left their small canine inside and known as the police. Moments later, Ubaldo set the condominium on fireplace from inside by igniting paper towels within the bed room, in response to the report.
Ubaldo later advised police he needed to commit suicide and keep contained in the condominium, however the fireplace grew to become “too hot inside his apartment,” inflicting him to go away, the report acknowledged.
Officers then arrived on the scene and arrested Ubaldo.
When police spoke with Ubaldo, he defined that he couldn’t recover from the affair, and that’s the reason he continued to argue together with his spouse.
At occasions, he mentioned he remembered the assault, whereas different occasions, he insisted he couldn’t recollect it, police mentioned. When requested if medication had been concerned, the sufferer advised police that Ubaldo had been utilizing meth.
The report talked about that the canine, which had been contained in the bed room the place the hearth began, died contained in the condominium.
Courtroom information present Ubaldo is going through the next fees: home battery with using a lethal weapon, two counts of assault with a lethal weapon, arson within the first diploma, and willful/malicious torture/maim/kill canine.
He was held on the Clark County Detention Heart with out bail. Data present his subsequent courtroom look was scheduled for March 26.