A Moreno Valley man is accused of holding two women captive and torturing them at his home.
Deputies in Riverside County responded to his Moreno Valley home in the 26000 block of Prairie Dog Lane after he called 911 and claimed two women broke into his residence in a burglary. At about the same time, a neighbor called 911 to report the sounds of women screaming for help coming from Puga's home.
When deputies arrived, two women were found outside the home and Puga took off in his SUV. He was arrested the next day in Hemet when police found him in the Audi SUV.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters. Deputies said the two women had been held against their will at the home. It was not immdiately clear how long the women were at the home and how they got there.
"After conducted their investigation, they determined these two women had been locked inside the residence, held against their will and tortured," said Sgt. Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez, of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
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