The Brief
- David Ruvalcaba, 26, was arrested in north Phoenix after allegedly sexually abusing and torturing a young girl while keeping her isolated in his apartment for over a year.
- The victim was hospitalized with 50+ injuries after Ruvalcaba allegedly strangled her unconscious and beat her up to 60 times with a glass liquor bottle during a 12-hour assault.
- Phoenix police took Ruvalcaba into custody following a foot pursuit into his unit, where he had reportedly racked a handgun behind his closed door as officers knocked.
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A 26-year-old Phoenix man is behind bars after court documents reveal he allegedly held a high-school girl against her will, beat her with a glass bottle dozens of times and got her pregnant when she was just 16 years old.…