Sentencing for Aboytes Saavedra set Feb. 23 in kidnapping, assault cases

Sentencing has been set for Feb. 23 for the man charged with kidnapping and beating three youths last May.

Guillermo Aboytes Saavedra pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree kidnapping in Third Judicial District Court on Oct. 20. At the same hearing, he also pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon in a separate case.

During the Oct. 20 hearing, District Court Judge Leon Aberasturi said he would order a pre-sentence investigation and then have his staff contact Saavedra’s attorneys, Patrick Mansfield and Massey Mayo, as well as the district attorney’s office, to set a sentencing date.

Saavedra was arrested May 6 after Lyon County Sheriff’s deputies received a call from someone who said her brother had texted her that someone was threatening to kill him. Deputies pinged the youth’s phone and eventually found three juveniles in the crawl space of a house on Johnson Ct.

According to LCSO, the youths had been playing at the park off Cory Way when Saavedra approached and threatened them. Deputies said he forced them to walk to the home on Johnson Ct., where he beat them before forcing them into the crawl space.

At the arraignment hearing, Aberasturi read each allegation and asked Saavedra if he committed the acts described. Saavedra admitted he kidnapped the three youths, beat two of them with a wooden handle, scratched the letter M into the hand of one of the boys, and detained them in the crawl space under the home.

In the assault case, Saavedra was arrested Jan. 28. Court documents allege he attempted to use physical force against another person and intentionally placed that person in reasonable fear of immediate bodily harm by chasing him with a knife. He admitted to that charge as well.

For the kidnapping charges, Saavedra faces life in prison with the possibility of parole after five years, or a definite term of 15 years with the possibility of parole after five years. The assault with a deadly weapon charge carries a sentence of one to six years in prison and a fine of up to $5,000. Aberasturi told Saavedra the sentences could be imposed either consecutively or concurrently.