Augusta Military Divorce Attorney – Army officer faces charges in Ohio
EL PASO, (El Paso Times – McClatchy-Tribune)- An Army Reserve major from El Paso is accused of driving from Texas to Ohio, stalking his estranged wife and devising a plot to kill her, an Ohio police chief said Tuesday.
After receiving a tip that the major was in violation of a protective order, police on April 5 found him in his 2000 silver Volvo outside his wife’s home. In the car, police said, were a sledgehammer, two knives, duct tape, zip ties and a pry bar.
“It’s a little unusual,” North Canton Police Chief Mike Grimes said. “We think he did travel from Texas to Ohio and tried to do harm to his family.”
Police said Phillip L. Jose, of Ascarate Street in South-Central El Paso, was found outside his estranged wife’s new home in North Canton, allegedly in violation of a protective order filed in the couple’s pending divorce case. North Canton is about 20 miles south of Akron.
A grand jury indicted 46-year-old Jose last week on charges of attempted aggravated murder, violating a protection order, menacing by stalking, and possessing criminal tools. He is a major in the 647th Regional Support Group, a reserve unit based in El Paso, North Canton police said.
Officials with the Army Reserve in El Paso confirmed Tuesday that Jose’s unit is based in El Paso. But they would not say whether Jose belonged to the unit.
Ohio court records indicate that Jose’s wife, Becky J. Jose, filed for divorce in May. Also in May, foreclosure proceedings began on a home they own in Twinsburg, Ohio.
The couple, who
have four children, most recently became embroiled in a dispute about the ownership of a 2000 Toyota Sienna.
The car, which is jointly owned and driven by her, was declared a total loss after an accident. Phillip Jose refused to sign the insurance claim and accused her of “simply trying to collect all the available insurance money,” court documents indicate.
A judge in the divorce case ordered a mutual restraining order, which prohibited either of them from threatening, abusing, annoying or interfering with each other.
In a separate bankruptcy case, Phillip Jose and his wife had been ordered by a judge in Ohio to make payments to creditors after filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2002. The couple owed more than $450,000.
Phillip Jose on Tuesday remained at the Stark County jail in Ohio in lieu of $100,000 bond. He is scheduled for arraignment Friday.
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