SHE’D PROBABLY RATHER BE IN JAIL
PHOENIX - When Robert Horton’s wife Belinda was jailed recently, he posted
the $170 bond for her release.
But Horton, 52, apparently didn’t trust his wife to show up for
her court date. Unwilling to give up the cash he posted, Horton
took matters into his own hands.
He “mummified” his wife by wrapping her in duct tape. He taped
her mouth tightly shut, bound her legs from her ankles to knees
and secured her arms across her chest at their Phoenix home.
He then packed his captive wife into the family car, drove her
to the court and left her in the custody of the security
officer.
“He said something like, ‘Here she is,’” said Sgt. Dave Trombi,
a sheriff’s spokesman.
Authorities said the woman was arrested Nov. 19 for
investigation of obstructing a highway or public thoroughfare,
aggravated assault on a police officer, failing to obey a police
officer and resisting arrest. She was released five days later.
But this time, after police delicately removed the tape from her
face and body, Belinda, 44, wouldn’t even talk to them.
Authorities said they were considering whether to bring charges
against her husband.
