State of Missouri v. Angela Kay Furtado

Ozark, Missouri, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary in the first degree, assault in the third degree, and resisting arrest.

On October 31, 2023, K.S. and Victim were at Victim’s home where K.S. was
doing some chores for Victim because K.S. owed Victim money. The two had drank
alcohol and Victim did not want to take K.S. home, so K.S. stayed the night in Victim’s
guestroom. In the early morning hours of November 1, 2023, around 4:45 a.m., Victim heard someone banging on his front door. He looked out the window in the guestroom where K.S. was sleeping and saw Furtado and two men outside his home. Victim did not recognize the men, and he told K.S. to hide in the closet. Victim then saw Furtado and the two men taking items out of Victim’s truck bed. Furtado screamed that Victim needed to let them in because they had been speeding and were running from the police, but Victim told them to leave.

Furtado and the two men did not leave and, at one point, someone was also
pounding on the back door. Victim retrieved his shotgun and went to the front door,
thinking the intruders would leave when they saw the shotgun. Victim opened the front door with the shotgun and Furtado and the two men pushed past him and into the home.

Furtado told Victim she wanted money and drugs, but Victim said he had neither. A
struggle ensued where all involved were going for Victim’s gun. Furtado and the two
men eventually dragged Victim to the ground and hit and kicked him. Victim specifically remembered Furtado kicking him because of her shoes.

Eventually K.S. called 911, which produced an approximately 42-minute-long
recorded call. The police arrived, whereupon the two males with Furtado fled, but
Furtado remained in Victim’s home. Furtado was upset and afraid of going to jail.
One of the officers to respond was Officer Deaver, who went to the front door and
contacted Furtado. He stated, “Police, don’t move.” Furtado turned around, ran back into the house, yelled, “The cops are here,” and slammed the door. When he was unable to open the front door, Officer Deaver treated it as “a barricaded subject with possible hostages[.]”

About 15 to 30 minutes after Officer Deaver arrived at the residence, the Nixa
Emergency Tactical Team (“NETT”) arrived at Victim’s home. NETT kicked Victim’s
front door down and found Furtado standing on the other side. A NETT officer told4
Furtado to show her hands and get to the floor, but she did not comply. The officer then grabbed Furtado and passed her to another officer behind him to clear the doorway and make entry.

Victim had scratches and bruises from the assault, and his preexisting hip injury
was exacerbated.

Guilty.

Affirmed