Cathedral City brothers charged with false imprisonment, assault of 36-year-old man
Eduardo and Carlos Espinoza
Felony charges were filed today against two brothers accused of holding a man against his will and beating him with a wooden paddle over several days in Cathedral City.
Carlos Jose Espinoza, 30, and Eduardo Luis Espinoza, 32, both of Cathedral City, were arrested Tuesday. They remain behind bars awaiting their initial court appearances, scheduled for Friday afternoon at the Banning
Justice Center.
Both men are charged with one count of false imprisonment and two counts of assault on a person causing great bodily injury, along with sentence-enhancing allegations of using a weapon a wooden paddle during the
Staff and wire reports
Two Cathedral City brothers accused of kidnapping a man and holding him against his will were arrested Tuesday and jailed.
Carlos Jose Espinoza, 30, and Eduardo Luis Espinoza, 32, both of Cathedral City, were arrested Tuesday and booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio. They were charged with kidnapping, torture, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon and terrorist threats.
Police dispatchers received a 911 call Tuesday from a man who said he had been beaten, zip-tied and held against his will for days, according to the Cathedral City Police Department, which did not release the name of the alleged victim, who was described only as a 36-year-old Cathedral City resident.