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Tri-Cities Man Sentenced to 2 Years for Stifling Partner
Yakima, Washington – Jordan Michael Gunlock, 33, was sentenced to 24 months in prison for strangling and assaulting his girlfriend, violating a protection order and interfering with the criminal justice system.
According to court documents and information presented at the sentencing hearing, in November 2023, Gunlock got into an argument with his girlfriend at her home in Wapato, Washington. During the argument, Gunlock grabbed his girlfriend by the back of the head and pulled her hair, injuring her. After Gunlock stopped pulling her hair, the girlfriend told Gunlock to leave her home. Gunlock initially refused, but fled the residence after his girlfriend called for law enforcement to respond.
In November 2024, Gunlock and his girlfriend were staying at the Legends Hotel Casino in Toppenish, Washington. While in their room, Gunlock put his hands on his girlfriend’s neck and strangled her. After Gunlock stopped strangling his girlfriend, she left the hotel room and went to the hotel lobby. While sitting in the hotel lobby, the girlfriend was crying and gasping for air. Legends employees approached the girlfriend and called for law enforcement to respond. Gunlock’s strangulation assault left red marks on her neck that were still visible to law enforcement later that evening.
Assistant United States Attorney Bree Black Horse asked for a 2-year sentence, citing Gunlock’s repeated assaults and threats against his girlfriend and her family. Black Horse argued that the 2-year sentence and a federal no-contact order with his girlfriend would deter future acts of intimate partner violence.
At the sentencing hearing, United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke noted that Gunlock was located at his girlfriend’s residence in violation of a state court domestic violence protection order and had pressured her not to cooperate with state and federal authorities pursuing domestic violence assault charges against him. The Court specifically noted text messages from Gunlock indicating that he believed if his girlfriend did not show up to court that domestic violence charges against him would be “dropped.” In sentencing Gunlock to 2 years imprisonment, the Court stated it wanted to send a message that it takes domestic violence crimes on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation seriously.
“Protecting victims and ensuring their safety is a top priority for our office, particularly in cases involving intimate partner violence in Indian Country,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Richard R. Barker. “This prosecution reflects our ongoing commitment to working with Tribal partners to hold offenders accountable and to disrupt cycles of abuse that threaten the safety and well-being of Native women.”
This case is part of the Department of Justice’s Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Regional Outreach Program, which aims to aid in the prevention and response to missing or murdered Indigenous people through the resolution of MMIP and MMIP-related cases.
Key Facts
- State: Washington
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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