Samuel Zubia-Flores

On May 20, 2026, at approximately 12:31 A.M., Hopkins police were dispatched to a domestic assault call on the 1000 block of Main Street in Hopkins, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Call notes indicated that the boyfriend of an identified female, Victim herein, had broken her phone, physically assaulted her, forced her to run from her apartment to the police department barefoot, and strangled her. Police identified the boyfriend as SAMUEL ZUBIA-FLORES [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein. Victim reported to police that she had invited Defendant over for the night, and when she encountered him, he was clearly intoxicated.

When she questioned him about his level of intoxication, he became irate and put one hand around her neck, preventing her from breathing, and another hand around her mouth, squeezing very tightly. She begged for him to get off of her and told him she couldn't breathe. When Victim was able to push Defendant off of her, she yelled "that's why I don't want to be with you." This enraged Defendant even more and he began shoving Victim [NAME REDACTED], causing damage to her television and dresser drawers.

Victim yelled for her phone as she was being assaulted, and Defendant took it, and threw it on the ground. Defendant then took Victim's phone, and it was found on him when he was apprehended by police. Defendant remains in custody.