Kissimmee man on pre-trial release arrested for continuing to stalk ex-girlfriend

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Enrique Manuel Montalvo, 24, of Kissimmee, was arrested on December 31 for allegedly violating a no-contact order with the victim in a previous stalking case.

Montalvo was originally arrested on September 21 after allegedly driving to Gainesville numerous times to follow an ex-girlfriend, sending her messages from 30 different phone numbers, and creating Instagram accounts to post embarrassing pictures of her. At his First Appearance hearing, Judge James Colaw ordered him to have no contact with the victim in that case, a UF student who lives in Gainesville. The no-contact order was reiterated in another hearing on October 15, and Montalvo reportedly acknowledged that he understood the order.

After Judge Phillip Pena denied a motion from the State Attorney’s office to hold Montalvo without bail until trial, Montalvo was released on $30,000 bail under the condition that he not return to Gainesville except for court hearings and not contact the victim in any way.

However, Montalvo allegedly attempted to contact the victim by phone on October 30, October 31, November 1, November 2, and November 3. He has a history of calling from spoofed numbers, and after the victim received five calls from the same number on November 2, she answered the fifth call but hung up when she heard Montalvo say something like “Hey, babe.” The victim told a Gainesville Police Department officer that she responded by text, “There is a no contact order,” and Montalvo replied, “Who cares.” Montalvo allegedly called her 19 more times that evening from the same phone number.

A sworn complaint was filed on November 22, a warrant for Montalvo’s arrest was issued on December 3, and he was arrested in Kissimmee on December 31. Judge Adam Lee ordered him held without bail pending a hearing on a motion from the State Attorney’s office to hold him without bail until trial. The motion argues that Montalvo poses a threat of harm to the community due to the fact that he was arrested for a second dangerous crime while on pre-trial release for a dangerous crime.

According to court documents, Montalvo has been on active duty in the U.S. Army for six years and has been a Florida State student for four years. He has a juvenile conviction from 2017 and two adult misdemeanor convictions in another county in 2023, both violent.

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