P. v. Comb CA1/4
Comb and the victim (R.C.) were married. On the night of August 23, 2019, sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of domestic violence at their residence. Comb, who was intoxicated, placed R.C. in a headlock and groped her breasts. R.C. locked herself in the bathroom to escape, but Comb forcibly broke open the door. He grabbed her by the neck, lifted her off the floor, and bashed her head against the wall. R.C. escaped again and locked herself in the bedroom where she called 911. Comb attempted to break into the bedroom while stating, “If you don’t let me in, I’m going to burn down this house.”
In her victim impact statement read at sentencing, R.C. told the court that “[h]e shouted that he was going to burn the house down.” At which point, R.C. screamed loudly for her mother to get away to safety. When R.C. jumped out of the bedroom window, she found her mother waiting “just outside.” Both women ran into the RV parked next to the house to hide.
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