91 Year Old Man Accused Of Trying To Kill Wife Pleads Guilty

[Kadie]

Dec 21, 2009 12:57 pm US/Pacific
Man Accused Of Trying To Kill Wife Pleads Guilty

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (Placer County District Attorney/CBS) ― Claude Montgomery, the 91-year-old Roseville man who was arrested in October for allegedly trying to kill his wife, has pleaded guilty to charges of assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting corporal injury to a spouse and making criminal threats.

Montgomery entered the pleas Friday before Placer County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Penney and will receive six months in jail and will be placed on formal probation for four years when he returns for sentencing on February 3.

In an arrangement made with the Placer County District Attorney's Office, Montgomery is expected to serve all 180 days in custody and then move to the Bay Area with relatives, and away from the victim in Roseville.

Prosecutor Jim Deslaurier said the investigation into the case and its unique circumstances factored into the agreement that allowed Montgomery to plead to the charge of felony assault likely to produce great bodily injury, but the offense will not count as a strike on his criminal record. A charge of attempted murder was dismissed.

The counts of corporal injury and making criminal threats will be misdemeanors on the defendant's record.

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Montgomery was arrested Oct. 25 after Roseville police responded to a 911 call made by the defendant's 78-year-old wife, who suffered minor injuries in a physical scuffle with her husband, who also threatened her with a knife as she tried to make the emergency phone call.

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His wife, Sally Larson Montgomery, spoke to CBS13 in November about her ordeal in hopes that it would help other victims of domestic abuse.

more...
http://cbs13.com/local/elderly.assault.weapon.2.1384009.html

[dysfunctional press]

1. he's lucky that it's not going to count as a strike on his permanent record...

that kind of stuff can follow you around for the rest of your life.

[tonysam]

5. What life he's got left.

Oh, well, at least it wasn't an attempted "mercy killing," or people would be cheering it on.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Remember, fellas, it's never too late to be a violent asshole...

:crazy:

[Barack_America]

3. Hopefully he is evaluated for dementia before he is sent to trial. nt

[Hestia]

10. That was my first thought - mid stage dementia.

[Luminous Animal]

12. My first thought was that he'd been abusing her for years.

but she, like many women, did not report it and it looks like I was right.

"Claude may have taken care of her, but she said he abused her in the past and she kept quiet about it -- an all-too-common part of domestic violence victims' stories.

"It's too embarrassing. You don't want to tell anybody about it," Sally said. She said she stayed because she felt she had nowhere else to go, and neither did her husband."

http://cbs13.com/local/domestic.violence.survivor.2.1293006.html

[jillan]

4. Wonder what led up to that?

[tonysam]

6. He probably found another woman and wanted to knock off the wife.

n/t

[rug]

7. Prunes.

[jillan]

8. Lol - you guys are so bad!

:rofl:

[Luminous Animal]

11. It wasn't the first time he was abusive.

But, apparently, it was the first time she called the police.

http://cbs13.com/local/domestic.violence.survivor.2.1293006.html

"Claude may have taken care of her, but she said he abused her in the past and she kept quiet about it -- an all-too-common part of domestic violence victims' stories.

"It's too embarrassing. You don't want to tell anybody about it," Sally said. She said she stayed because she felt she had nowhere else to go, and neither did her husband."

[REP]

9. Hated her for years, but was waiting until the children were dead

Old joke.

[Luminous Animal]

13. I'm going to rec this despite the asshole-ish juvenile comments.

Mostly to help Sally with her goal of helping other elderly women.

"Sally said she is struggling with guilt, but also feel empowered. She hopes to become an advocate and work specifically with older victims of domestic abuse."

http://cbs13.com/local/domestic.violence.survivor.2.1293006.html