On Sunday, March 22, 2020, at 1:57 p.m., Howe police responded to a domestic disturbance at a residence in the 600 South Maple Street in Howe. The 29-year-old resident reported that her fiancé, 36-year-old Jose Luis Salazar, had assaulted her by grabbing her by the arms and throwing her to the ground where she hit her head on an overturned chair. She reported that she broke free and locked herself in the bathroom before calling the police. Salazar had left the home prior to the officer arriving.
The victim told the investigating officer that she was 12 weeks pregnant, but she refused transport to a hospital by emergency medical services personnel. At 2:47 p.m., Howe and Van Alstyne police officers went a residence in the 1100 block of N. Waco Street in Van Alstyne where they arrested Salazar for Assault of a Pregnant Person (Family Violence) and transported him to the Grayson County Jail. An emergency protective order was obtained on the victim’s behalf.
Assaulting causing bodily injury to a person the actor knows is pregnant became a 3rd-degree felony on September 1, 2019.