Law & Order: Hammond man gets probation for stabbing parents

A Hammond man got two years probation Thursday for stabbing his parents when they declined to let him use the car, records show.

Cristian Braulio, 30, pleaded guilty Nov. 7 to domestic battery by means of a deadly weapon.

On the morning of March 12, 2023, a man was in bed with his wife when his son, Cristian Braulio, asked to borrow his mom’s car, according to the probable cause affidavit. She told him “no” multiple times, so he left the room.

Court records state that he came back and knelt at the side of the bed. When the man looked at his son, Cristian smiled at him before suddenly lunging at his dad and grabbing his head. The woman yelled “don’t do it!” as she told police that she saw Cristian attempting to stab the man in the neck.

The affidavit states that once the man was able to loosen his head from Cristian’s grip, Cristian stabbed him in the upper cheek underneath his left eye. The woman tried to prevent Cristian from hurting the man further and Cristian stabbed her at some point, records state.

Gary man signs plea in attempted murder case

A Gary man faces up to 12.5 years for trying to break his ex-girlfriend’s Gary home, then shooting at her daughter in a pickup as it pulled away.

Aaron Arnell White, 39, signed a plea deal filed Dec. 12 for four counts of criminal recklessness and one count of obstruction of justice.

Judge Gina Jones would have to review and accept the plea. His sentencing hearing is scheduled at 10 a.m. on Jan. 16.

His ex-girlfriend told police she was sleeping around 7 a.m. Dec. 21, 2020 on the 5000 block of Connecticut Street when her phone beeped, showing White walking up to the home on a security camera. She had filed a protection order Nov. 30, records show.

White ripped off the camera and doorbell, came back and hit the camera with a brick, records state. He then broke the front living room window with a brick, walking around the side, documents state. The woman’s daughter, 20, heard a “commotion” and got up to find the living room window broken, walking back to find White throwing a brick into her bedroom window, charges state.

The ex-girlfriend called the police as he tried to break through the front door, but was deterred by metal door security screens on both sides, documents state. When he ran across the street to an abandoned house, she called her ex-husband, telling him to come and get their daughter out.

The father arrived around 7:40 a.m. with his current wife. The daughter had gotten her stuff and was walking to his pickup truck when she heard “six or seven” shots. She jumped in the back seat as her dad took off, records state.