‘Sit at my kitchen table and watch me die’: Lotto winner stabbed 15 times for jackpot by assailant who fell asleep after victim played dead from attack

A 62-year-old antheral successful Oregon volition walk respective years down bars aft helium followed location the victor of a barroom video lottery crippled and attempted to rob the unfortunate of his $2,000 summons astatine knifepoint, yet stabbing him 15 times successful the process.

Multnomah County Circuit Judge Benjamin Souede connected Friday ordered Pablo Figueroa to service a sentence of 5 years and 10 months successful a authorities correctional facility, records show. Figueroa pleaded nary contention successful March to 1 number each of second-degree assault, first-degree burglary, and effort to perpetrate a Class A felony. In speech for pleading to the charges, prosecutors with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office dropped respective further counts of attempted murder, burglary, robbery, assault, strangulation, and unlawful usage of a weapon.

According to tribunal documents obtained by Portland NBC affiliate KGW, the incidental began with the unfortunate going retired to Montana’s Bar successful the 11000 artifact of Southeast Stark Street successful Portland connected the nighttime of Saturday, Aug. 18, 2024. While astatine the bar, the unfortunate played a lottery instrumentality and won the game’s $2,000 jackpot. At immoderate constituent aft winning, Figueroa reportedly introduced himself to the victim.

Eventually, the unfortunate near Montana’s Bar and walked the respective blocks location to his residence successful the Wy’East Plaza Apartments. Unbeknownst to the victim, Figueroa had been pursuing him since helium near the bar, trailing him each the mode backmost to his location wherever helium watched him unfastened the locked information door, catching it earlier it could adjacent again.

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Figueroa allegedly followed the unfortunate up to the 2nd level of the building, waited for him to unfastened his door, and past forced his mode flat into the apartment. Figueroa past tackled the victim, and repeatedly punched him portion demanding money, according to a report from Portland Fox affiliate KPTV.

Despite the unfortunate giving Figueroa respective 100 dollars, Figueroa inactive pulled retired a pocketknife and allegedly stabbed the unfortunate astir 15 times, injuring him successful the face, chest, and arms. Per KGW, the unfortunate said helium apt lone survived the onslaught erstwhile helium decided to play dead.

The unfortunate reportedly blacked retired a abbreviated clip aft the onslaught and awoke to the dependable snoring wrong of his apartment. He said was capable to get distant erstwhile helium realized that pursuing the attack, Figueroa had fallen asleep.

“Mr. Figueroa had the wealth and could person near my apartment,” the unfortunate said successful court, according to The Oregonian, “but alternatively decided to beryllium astatine my room array and ticker maine die.”

Police obtained surveillance footage from wrong and extracurricular of the flat gathering and recovered determination was nary footage of Figueroa exiting the building. During a hunt of the area, investigators said they discovered Figueroa hiding wrong of the building’s garbage room. Police noted that his pants were covered successful humor and helium was carrying $624 successful currency connected his person. The pocketknife utilized to onslaught the unfortunate was recovered from wrong of a container of feline litter.

At the clip of his arrest, Figueroa reportedly had respective outstanding warrants for his apprehension for repeatedly failing to look successful tribunal connected charges specified arsenic individuality theft and car theft. He had antecedently been convicted connected charges of failing to study arsenic a enactment offender.