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Background: Old Meridian Street in Carmel, Indiana (Google Maps). Inset: Daniel Castillo (Hamilton County (Ind.) Jail).
A man accused of stalking a woman in Indiana, who reportedly sent her threatening messages and persistently pounded on her apartment door, will avoid jail time despite a series of alarming actions that included crashing into a police car and being fired upon by police.
The individual in question, Daniel Castillo, aged 24 and originally from New Mexico, faced allegations of turning up at a woman’s residence in Carmel, a suburban area north of Indianapolis, where he repeatedly knocked on her door. The police got involved when they received an emergency call on August 12, 2024, at 7:48 p.m., according to a report by local Fox affiliate WXIN.
Aside from his presence at the woman’s apartment, Castillo was accused of sending her menacing text messages. Drawing from court documents, WXIN noted that Castillo’s texts to the woman contained threats such as “I can’t wait till you die” and “I hope you die slow.” Furthermore, he allegedly made over 190 phone calls to her within just four hours.
When police arrived at the apartment complex, they reportedly found Castillo in his car on the third floor of the apartment’s parking garage, with Castillo still inside the vehicle. He allegedly refused to get out of his car after he was ordered to by police — and at one point drove forward and hit one of the Carmel Police Department’s SUVs.
Police officers fired into Castillo’s car in response. According to WXIN, Castillo was injured, but not critically.
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Court records show that on Wednesday he pleaded guilty to four charges: criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, resisting law enforcement using a vehicle, aggravated battery posing a substantial risk of death, and harassment by means of a telephone call. He received a 180-day suspended sentence and ordered into an “electric home monitoring program.”
A no-contact order was also issued, and Castillo’s driving privileges are suspended until November, court records show. He was also ordered to pay $605.62 in restitution.
Court records noted that Castillo “has accrued credit for 454 days for 227 actual days served.”
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