A suspect has been arrested after allegedly punching a seven-months pregnant girl within the face whereas using the subway in Queens, police mentioned.
Christopher Benitez was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree assault for the Feb. 25 incident on a southbound J practice on the Jamaica Heart–Parsons/Archer station, police mentioned. The girl was utilizing her cellphone whereas on the practice when she was struck within the unprovoked assault.
Benitez walked as much as the sufferer and punched her within the face, inflicting cuts, bruises and ache to the fitting eye. He ran off afterward. After per week and a half, police mentioned he was arrested exterior of a relative’s house in Brooklyn.
The sufferer sustained accidents, however she was not hospitalized.
It was not clear whether or not the 33-year-old Benitez had employed an legal professional.
Anybody with data on the assault is requested to name Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
