Guitar Beatings and Broken Trust | Oakland News

Oakland News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 20, 2026 · 1m

A 38-year-old man, Arnulfo Favian Montes-Medina, just got sentenced to a year in county jail after being convicted of felony domestic violence for brutally attacking his wife with an electric guitar. When police arrived, she was covered in blood, unable to walk — and he locked himself in a garage for 90 minutes before surrendering. Though the victim initially reported the assault, she later stopped cooperating with prosecutors, a common hurdle in domestic violence cases. Still, evidence — including testimony from her mother who said police were often called to their home — proved the abuse…