VENTURA, CA - District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that Andrew Thomas Enriquez (DOB 4/25/1977), of Ventura, was sentenced to the maximum possible sentence of 14 years in prison for battering his girlfriend with a deadly weapon and causing great bodily injury to her. Enriquez received 11 years stemming from the attack and an additional three years because he had previously been to prison in three prior cases.

The attack in this case occurred during the morning hours of November 3, 2011. During an argument, Enriquez struck his girlfriend in the head with a power tool fracturing her skull, rupturing her ear drum, and causing her to lose consciousness. The victim initially refused to identify Enriquez as her assailant and ultimately testified on his behalf at jury trial. Enriquez was on parole for a crime of domestic violence committed against a different victim at the time of the attack.

On July 24, 2012, a Ventura County jury found Enriquez guilty. On August 29, 2012, given the severity of the crime and his prior record, which includes multiple convictions for crimes of domestic violence, Ventura County Superior Court Judge Ryan Wright imposed the maximum possible sentence allowed by law.