Joplin man charged after allegedly assaulting woman, sending SnapChat videos of them having sex

A Joplin man was charged today with assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

According to the probable cause statement, Cesar Eliu Guzman (DOB 1999) assaulted a Joplin woman April 19 in front of an infant. He allegedly threw a candle in a glass container at her feet and when it didn't shatter, he picked it up again and threw it at a cooking pot causing it to shatter. The woman managed to Facetime a friend.

Guzman chased the woman through the home with a baseball bat, threatening to "bruise" her and the baby, the probable cause statement said, with Guzman videoing the incident with a cell phone.

She fled to their bedroom to escape Guzman, according to the probable cause statement, but he followed {her} to the bedroom, placed his right hand on her neck and strangled her. The strangling was captured on FaceTime with the witness telling Joplin Police Department investigators the woman was making "choking" sounds.

Two days later, the statement said, Guzman showed the woman on his cell phone that he had "sent videos of them having intercourse to multiple people.

Five hours later, the witness who was on the other end of the FaceTime conversation two days earlier received the videos along with a text message.

Bond for Guzman was set at $100,000 cash only.