A man tried to pull a woman out of her ground-level Saint Paul apartment window while she was cooking, then fled when she kicked and screamed, according to the complaint.
Eduart Gomez Ochoa, 28, is charged in Ramsey County District Court with first-degree burglary and attempted kidnapping to facilitate a felony or flight.
According to the complaint, officers were sent to an apartment building in Saint Paul at about 10:20 p.m. on October 22 after a report of an attempted kidnapping. The victim told officers she was cooking at her stove near an open window with the blinds down due to the warm temperature. She said Eduart Gomez Ochoa appeared with half of his body inside the apartment, grabbed her and tried to pull her out the window.
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The victim reported that she kicked and screamed, causing Gomez Ochoa to let go and flee. Officers observed damage to the window screen and recovered a hat and headband from inside the kitchen, which the victim said belonged to Gomez Ochoa.
The complaint states officers recognized a similar pattern from a previous case involving Eduart Gomez Ochoa. The victim later picked him out of a photo lineup as the man who tried to abduct her, expressing 80 percent certainty.
The complaint notes that Gomez Ochoa is also charged in three other Ramsey County court files. Those charges are separate from this case.
The complaint was filed October 26.
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Jurisdictional Context
Ramsey County encompasses Saint Paul and is served by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office. Felony cases are heard in the Second Judicial District at the Ramsey County Courthouse in downtown Saint Paul; Ramsey County Community Corrections operates the Ramsey County Correctional Facility in Maplewood.
