'Imma make you live in hell': Man broke into ex's home to attack her after sending 250 text messages in one day

A Texas antheral volition walk respective decades down bars aft abusing a pistillate helium erstwhile dated, according to Lone Star State authorities.

On Thursday, Joshua Bermea, 20, pleaded blameworthy to 1 number of burglary of a habitation with intent to perpetrate a felony different than theft. He besides pleaded blameworthy to a abstracted cause offense.

The suspect was swiftly sentenced by 274th District Court Judge Gary Steel to 40 years successful situation for the burglary condemnation with an further 10 years for the drug-related conviction. The tribunal assessed the sentences to tally consecutively, oregon 1 aft another.

The underlying incidents day backmost to the autumn of 2023, according to a press release issued by the Comal County District Attorney's Office.

After the pistillate dumped the defendant, Bermea continued to harass and endanger her, authorities said.

On Sept. 22, 2023, the unfortunate told constabulary Bermea followed her successful his conveyance portion helium was calling her connected the telephone and threatening her. During this harassment, the since-condemned antheral told the pistillate helium was going to rear extremity her vehicle.

In 1 message, helium said: "Imma marque you unrecorded successful hell."

And the maltreatment so continued.

On Nov. 8, 2023, done the people of conscionable that 1 time successful question, Bermea sent astir 250 substance messages to the victim. Many of those messages were threatening, aggressive, and derogatory, prosecutors said. Specifically, the suspect threatened to termination the victim, wounded her family, and slash the tires connected her vehicle.

In 1 message, the suspect told the woman: "Imma wounded the [expletive] outta you conscionable [expletive] wait."

On Nov. 9, 2023, the pistillate reported that she had been assaulted by Bermea, according to the New Braunfels Police Department.

"Bermea entered the victim's location without permission," the DA's bureau explained. "When she told him to leave, helium took her telephone and began assaulting her. He slapped and backhanded her repeatedly, pushed her to the ground, and punched her successful the assemblage and legs. At 1 point, Bermea placed some hands astir her cervix and choked her, preventing her from breathing."

During the attack, Bermea deed the pistillate truthful hard that 1 of her ears began to ringing and she concisely mislaid her hearing, instrumentality enforcement said.

After the attack, Bermea dropped and broke the woman's phone. After leaving the country of the crime, helium sent the unfortunate different connection that read: "I'll beryllium backmost 1 nighttime to finish, where's your protector, helium wasn't there, cipher to support you, you a [expletive]."