Man charged in theft of ice cream is back in jail
A man awaiting trial for allegedly stealing several boxes of Dilly Bars from a Dairy Queen is back in jail, charged with violating the terms of his house arrest.
Paul S. Trujillo, 31, of Las Vegas, was arrested Monday on a warrant issued in October and booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center. In addition to charges in three other cases, Trujillo now faces felony escape charges.
According to Las Vegas Police, in July, Trujillo was one of two men who stole 22 boxes of ice cream bars from a walk-in freezer at the Dairy Queen on Columbia Avenue.
The second man, 28-year-old Dominic A. Baca, was arrested Sept. 4 and released from SMCDC on Oct. 1 after posting bond.
Trujillo was arrested Aug. 12 for the theft of the Dilly Bars, and at an Aug. 13 hearing, Judge Christian Montaño set bond for Trujillo at $15,000. On Sept. 26, Judge Melanie Rivera reduced the bond to an unsecured $15,000. Trujillo was released from SMCDC on Sept. 27 and was ordered to wear a GPS ankle monitor and to stay at his residence on house arrest.
In October, when an investigator with the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s office checked the GPS data of Trujillo’s ankle monitor, he found that Trujillo had violated the terms of his house arrest by leaving his home multiple times.
According to an arrest affidavit filed in San Miguel Magistrate Court, Trujillo left his home around 9:36 a.m. Oct. 11.
The GPS data showed that Trujillo traveled to several locations in Las Vegas, and didn’t return home until after 4 p.m.
At 7 p.m., Trujillo again left his home, traveled to multiple locations in Las Vegas, and then went to the home of a woman believed to be his girlfriend, around 9:30 p.m. where he spent the night, returning home just before 6 a.m. Oct 12.
According to the affidavit, the evening of Oct. 12, Trujillo left his home again around 6:45 p.m. when he visited a vacant lot on Railroad Avenue. The GPS signal stopped sending data at that point.
A warrant was issued for Trujillo’s arrest on Oct. 15, but when law enforcement officers went to Trujillo’s home, he was not there. An investigator spoke to Trujillo’s mother, who said she didn’t know where her son was.
Police caught up with Trujillo Monday, and he was booked into SMCDC on two felony counts of escape from a community custody release program.
At a hearing on Tuesday, Judge Montaño set bond for Trujillo at $3,000, cash only.
Trujillo is being represented by public defender David Silva and is scheduled to appear before Judge Montaño in Magistrate Court on Dec. 12 for a hearing relating to the escape charges.
He is also scheduled to appear before Montaño on Jan. 2, 2020, for two pretrial hearings in a case from April where he’s accused of driving while his license was revoked, and for a case from May in which Trujillo is accused of refusing to stop for an officer after police allege they witnessed Trujillo attempting to remove a license plate from an SUV.
