Victor woman takes plea deal for rider after being charged with attempted murder

VICTOR — A 48-year-old female has signed a plea woody aft constabulary opportunity she tried to termination a man by pushing him disconnected a loft and stabbing him repeatedly.

Luna Nicoya Phaedra Serrano signed a plea statement that was revenge successful April, stating she would plead blameworthy to felony aggravated artillery successful speech for nan prosecution agreeing to “not bring immoderate further charges” related to nan case.

The authorities besides agreed to urge a retained jurisdiction, aliases a “rider” astatine sentencing.

A “rider” aliases a retained jurisdiction, intends Serrano will beryllium sent to a curen programme successful situation for 1 year. Once nan programme is done, nan judge tin determine whether aliases not to nonstop Serrano to situation for an underlying word aliases merchandise her onto probation.

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Serrano was initially charged successful October 2023 and pleaded not blameworthy to felony attempted first-degree murder, felony burglary, and 2 counts of felony aggravated battery. Usually, these charges could mean Serrano would look up to 55 years successful prison.

EastIdahoNews.com contacted Teton County Prosecutor Bailey Smith to explain really nan prosecution and defense reached this agreement.

“Aggravated artillery carries nan aforesaid punishment arsenic attempted murder, and nan summation of different counts successful this condition would beryllium improbable to alteration nan sentencing result fixed nan likelihood of concurrent sentences. In position of nan plea agreement, while I person each assurance that nan suspect committed nan crimes we charged her with, this lawsuit had definite difficulties of impervious that could person presented existent challenges astatine a assemblage trial,” says Smith. “The State’s rider proposal successful nan plea statement is not binding connected nan judge, and he will beryllium free to condemnation Defendant Serrano nevertheless he sees fit, including to important situation clip if he believes necessary.”

Serrano’s sentencing is scheduled for Tuesday earlier District Judge Steven Boyce.

“Let’s conflict to nan death”

Teton County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 telephone astatine a location connected Kestrel Hill Road successful Victor connected Oct. 2 astatine astir 11 p.m. for a study of 2 group fighting.

A witness, who had been wrong nan home, told deputies they had to “run outside” and were hiding nether a truck. The lawman writes successful nan constabulary study that though he recognized nan number to beryllium to a man, nan witnesser sounded for illustration a female.

When deputies arrived astatine nan house, they said pinch nan witness, who was “crying and appeared to beryllium panicking.” She pointed to nan cabin, telling deputies, “They’re complete there.”

A lawman sewage person to nan cabin, wherever he reportedly saw a man, nan victim, “in thing but his underwear, holding who appeared to beryllium (Serrano) down, kneeling connected her back, pinch his hands pressed connected her head/neck.”

According to constabulary reports, Serrano was reportedly afloat dressed successful 2 jackets, “one overgarment being worn backward,” unzipped facing toward her back, and a headlamp connected her forehead.

The lawman yelled astatine nan man to get disconnected Serrano, and he was detained.

Deputies opportunity nan man was, “bleeding significantly.” Emergency responders arrived owed to nan man’s injuries and Serrano’s “non-responsive behavior.”

Serrano was handcuffed, and a lawman noticed she was “wet from what appeared to beryllium humor and sweat.” Her eyes were besides reportedly wide. She was breathing quickly and “was verbally non-responsive.”

After a person look, nan lawman noticed a ample bump connected her forehead and a bruise astir her correct eye.

Deputies interviewed nan victim, who said he was sleeping upstairs erstwhile Serrano “came up and started stabbing him.” He said Serrano was not location erstwhile he went to sleep.

The man told deputies, “I consciousness for illustration I’m dying,” earlier saying that Serrano pushed him “all nan measurement down disconnected my apical ladder.”

Deputies interviewed nan witness, who said she was dormant connected nan downstairs sofa erstwhile she woke up to nan unfortunate telling her to run.

The female said she wasn’t judge who Serrano was and was “afraid that (Serrano) was going to harm her because (Serrano) sounded for illustration a lunatic.”

The female said Serrano had texted nan unfortunate that she wanted to conflict him “to nan death.”

During a compartment search, deputies said nan room antagonistic astatine nan guidelines of nan ladder to nan loft was knocked over.

There was besides a “significant magnitude of what (deputies) judge to beryllium (the victim’s) humor passim nan cabin,” adjacent to nan couch, connected nan couch, connected nan beforehand of nan couch, connected nan armrest, connected nan dresser successful nan surviving room, connected a blanket, and connected nan furniture successful nan 2nd communicative loft.

The loft railing was broken, and a lawman recovered a brace of scissors connected nan counter, “which had dried and bedewed humor connected them.”

Deputies besides saw humor connected Serrano’s headlamp, some jackets she was wearing, and almost covering her pants, but recovered nary actively bleeding wounds connected her.

Serrano was arrested and booked into jailhouse astatine nan Teton County Sheriff’s Office.

The unfortunate was transported to Teton Valley Hospital for his injuries, according to tribunal documents.

While astatine nan hospital, deputies learned from nan unfortunate that Serrano had stabbed him before, successful September, successful nan broadside pinch nan aforesaid scissors and said, “I will execution you successful your ain house.”

According to nan victim, he had gone to nan Family Safety Network successful Driggs to use for a civilian protection bid against Serrano.

That night, he fell dormant and was “awakened to (Serrano) straddling his assemblage and stabbing him successful nan head.”

The unfortunate says he was stabbed aggregate times earlier he realized what was happening. He says he sat up and rolled over, getting (Serrano) disconnected him.

At this point, Serrano and nan unfortunate were some kneeling connected nan furniture erstwhile Serrano reportedly “kicked aliases shoved (the victim) disconnected nan bed,” according to tribunal documents.

The unfortunate says he fell disconnected nan bed, disconnected nan loft area, and landed connected nan ground-level room countertop earlier falling onto nan floor, according to tribunal documents.

At this point, nan unfortunate yelled to nan witnesser to telephone nan cops. He told deputies he felt “helpless astatine this constituent pinch nan upwind knocked retired of him, stab wounds, and symptom successful his rips.”

According to nan victim, Serrano only said 1 point during nan full conflict – asking who nan different female was.

The unfortunate told deputies she “was not location to talk. She was location to wounded him.”

Court documents opportunity Serrano past came down nan ladder from nan loft and allegedly stabbed nan unfortunate “at slightest 5 much times.”

Eventually, nan unfortunate sewage nan scissors distant from Serrano, and threw them. He past sewage connected apical of Serrano and “punched her respective times to nan correct broadside of her face.”

Serrano later admitted to threatening to termination nan unfortunate successful nan past and texting him things for illustration “let’s conflict to nan death.”

Serrano was booked pinch a $250,000 bond, but was released and sent to pre-trial supervision nan adjacent day.