The Brief
- Miclo Sandoval is accused of physically assaulting a woman, threatening her with a handgun, and using a headlock to restrict her breathing.
- The victim was allegedly held captive in a South Milwaukee apartment twice; in one instance, Sandoval reportedly used a chair and rope to barricade the door.
- Sandoval faces multiple charges, including false imprisonment and strangulation, but remains at large with an active warrant for his arrest.
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. – A 30-year-old South Milwaukee man is accused of punching and kicking a woman and preventing her from leaving his apartment. The accused is Miclo Sandoval. He is not in police custody, but faces the following criminal counts:
- False imprisonment
- Strangulation & suffocation
- Misdemeanor battery
- Bail jumping (misdemeanor)
Case details
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, South Milwaukee police reported on Saturday, Feb. 28, that a woman walked into the police department to report offenses committed by the defendant, Miclo Sandoval. The woman indicated the offenses began on Thursday, Feb. 26 and happened at the defendant’s apartment in South Milwaukee.
The complaint indicates the two got into an argument and when the woman tried to leave the apartment, “the defendant had a handgun tucked in his waistband and threatened to kill her.” The woman told police the defendant never pointed the gun at her, but he grabbed her, held her close and threatened to shoot her. The victim also indicated the defendant punched and kicked her multiple times. The woman also “stated that the defendant placed a chair in front of the door and used a rope to wrap around the dead bolt and the door knob so she couldn’t open the door to leave the apartment,” the complaint says. Lastly, the woman reported the defendant “placed her in a headlock and squeezed her so that her airway was restricted, and she could not breathe,” the complaint says. After about three hours, the defendant let her leave.…