Updated at 2:47 P.M., Sunday Feb. 21
A Chula Vista man beat up his girlfriend, burned down their house and was still at large Sunday, and police asked for the public’s help finding him.
Jose Germain Rodriguez, 35, of Chula Vista, was also wanted for suspicion of domestic violence in San Diego, where the chain of events began, according to Chula Vista Police.
Rodriguez and his girlfriend, whose name was not released by police, were attending a party in San Diego shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday when they got into a an argument and he hit her, according to Chula Vista police Lt. Don Redmond.
Rodriguez then took her car, drove back to their house in the 1000 block of Monserate Avenue in Chula Vista, and began dousing the inside of the home with gasoline. The girlfriend’s adult daughter was asleep inside when Rodriguez arrived, but was able to call 911 before escaping uninjured.
The house was destroyed by the fire. Rodriguez was gone by the time authorities arrived.
Rodriguez was described as a Hispanic man, 5-foot-4, 175 pounds in weight, with black hair and mustache, brown eyes and a large tattoo of “Rodriguez” across his upper back and shoulders.
Anyone with information of his whereabouts or witnesses to the incidents is urged to contact CVPD Detectives Vince Deocampo at (619) 585-5732 or vdeocampo@chulavistapd.org; or Glenn Gossett at (619) 409-3875, ggossett@chulavistapd.org
— City News Service
