Moses Lake resident pleads guilty in burglary case

Oct. 18—MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake woman was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Oct. 22 after pleading guilty to multiple charges of second-degree assault.

Ida Rocha, 44, Moses Lake, pleaded guilty to five charges, including two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon – domestic violence, two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and third-degree malicious mischief during Tuesday’s Supreme Court Grant of the province. One count of first-degree burglary was dropped.

Rocha was sentenced by Grant County Superior Court Judge Tyson R. Hill to 15 months in prison and 19 months of probation on the four charges. There are also no contact orders against Rocha by three of the assault victims, listed in court documents as Victims 1, 2 and 3.

“I am in God’s hands now,” Rocha said during the court sentencing.

According to a report from the Moses Lake Police Department, the case stemmed from an incident on Oct. 28, 2023.

Rocha and Victim 1 got into a confrontation after returning to their shared apartment from a Moses Lake bar, the report said. Victim 1 said Rocha began threatening to call a family member.

Rocha demanded that Victim 1 leave the home; Victim 1 said Rocha punched him in the face twice. Victim 1 began packing his car and Rocha’s relative arrived at the home. A verbal confrontation occurred with the family member.

Victim 1 then went to Victim 2’s house. Victim 1 said he fell asleep in front of the house and never went inside. He claimed that Victim 2 did not know he was outside.

However, Rocha and three companions all showed up at Victim 2’s home, reportedly with firearms. The four entered the home, pointed their weapons at Victim 2 and Victim 3 and asked where Victim 1 was. The residents of the house said they begged the suspects not to harm them because there were young people on the premises. Victim 2 said one of the suspects waved a gun at them.

The suspects said they saw Victim 1’s vehicle out front and knew he was there, the report said. Victim 2 said the suspects entered the home and he did not give them permission to enter.

The suspects left after Victim 2 assured them that Victim 1 was not in the home and then smashed Victim 1’s driver’s side window. Victim 1 said he woke up when the window was smashed and the four suspects then started attacking him.

Victim 2’s neighbor came outside and demanded the suspects leave. Victim 2 said that Victim 1’s face was completely bloody; he received medical treatment. Victim 2 said he saw the four suspects leave his building.

Charges have been filed against three other suspects, Alberto Mancilla and Imer U. Mancilla, and another unknown suspect, but those cases have not yet been resolved. All three suspects are innocent unless proven guilty in court.