The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said that a man from Philadelphia was sent to state jail for attacking his girlfriend violently and trying to keep her from testifying against him.
Anthony Ortiz, who is 34 years old, went to Bucks County Common Pleas Court on June 10, 2025, and told Judge Stephen A. Corr that he was guilty. Ortiz admitted to many charges, such as strangulation, intimidating witnesses, illegal restraint, simple assault, harassment, and putting another person in danger without thinking about it.
Because Ortiz’s crimes were so bad and happened so often, Judge Corr gave him a sentence in the aggravated range: at least 4 years and 5 months in state jail and up to 13 years. Ortiz must also go through domestic violence supervision, not talk to the victims, and get a mental health exam in addition to being locked up.
Three disturbing acts of domestic abuse happened in Falls Township and Bensalem Township in June, July, and August 2024. This led to the charges.
Falls Township Police were called to a report of domestic violence on June 29, 2024. Ortiz was later caught beating up his girlfriend and her young son. The woman got hurt on her face, getting an eye bruise and a lump on her head. When her son stepped in to help, he got scratches and scrapes.
Ortiz hit the same woman again in Bensalem Township on July 21, 2024. A Wawa store’s surveillance showed Ortiz hitting her twice in the face and physically stopping her from leaving both the store and her car.
Ortiz attacked his girlfriend while driving her to work on August 25, 2024. This was the third and worst attack. Police say he punched, slapped, and choked her before cutting her several times with a vape pen. She has a lot of bruises and marks on her neck that you can see.
The attacks were caused by Ortiz’s claims of cheating, according to the police. He did more than just hurt people physically. Ortiz kept in touch with the victim in the weeks before her September 2024 court date, pleading and pressuring her not to speak. He told her in texts that she should say she “didn’t want to press charges in the first place” and that she “wasn’t testifying.” Besides that, he made vague threats about what would happen if she helped the police. The victim didn’t show up to a meeting because of this.
The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office made it clear in a statement that it would not stand for domestic violence: “We are committed to aggressively prosecuting these cases and ensuring that offenders are held accountable.”
