A 36-year-old man is facing 15 years in state prison on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after he allegedly tried to kidnap his ex-wife from a Redwood City Starbucks coffee shop where she was working Thursday, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Charged with felony kidnapping, felony threats, misdemeanor domestic violence and misdemeanor violation of a court order when he first appeared in court Monday, bail for Santos Estrada jumped from $350,000 to $500,000 Tuesday when a judge granted a request from prosecutors to increase it, according to prosecutors.
Santos was allegedly on probation for domestic violence when he came to his ex-wife’s work at a Starbucks cafe just after 9 a.m. Thursday. Though he and his ex-wife had been married for 13 years, they were allegedly separated and she had a restraining order against him while she filed for divorce, according to prosecutors.
After entering the Starbucks, Santos allegedly grabbed the woman from behind and pulled her out of the store and into the passenger seat of his car, which was 50 feet away from the store. He also allegedly took her cellphone so she couldn’t call police and told her he was going to kill her, according to prosecutors.
As Santos was circling to get into the driver’s seat of the car, the woman took the key from the ignition and ran back into the store, where her coworkers had already called police. When officers arrived, Santos had already fled on foot but was arrested two hours later at his Redwood City home, where he was seeking help from family members to be transported out of the Bay Area, according to prosecutors.
Santos will next appear in court Nov. 14 for entry of plea and to set a preliminary hearing date, according to prosecutors.
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