A Pennsylvania man is accused of beating the mom of his unborn baby in an assault outdoors of a Montgomery County condo constructing that was captured on video.
Raymond Bautista, 36, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, is charged with aggravated assault of an unborn baby, aggravated assault, easy assault and recklessly endangering one other particular person.
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The incident occurred on Thursday, April 24, round 4:30 a.m. outdoors an condo complicated alongside the 2000 block of Maple Avenue in Hatfield Township, police mentioned.
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Police mentioned a girl – who was 15 weeks pregnant — exited her condo constructing to go to her job. As she walked down the steps, a masked man sporting all black jumped at her, kicking her within the again. He then continued to kick her abdomen and punch her within the face as she screamed. The assault was captured on Ring digital camera video.
A neighborhood girl was brutally attacked from behind outdoors of her condo constructing in Hatfield, Montgomery County. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville talked to a neighbor whose surveillance digital camera captured the assault.
“I was woken up by terrible screaming coming from outside,” Christopher Stevens, the proprietor of the video, informed NBC10. “It looks like it happened in a matter of 20 seconds. It was that fast.”
Investigators mentioned extra surveillance video exhibits the person fleeing the realm on foot in direction of Maple Avenue.
The sufferer suffered nasal bone fractures, cuts and bruises. When requested by a responding police officer if she knew anybody who would need to damage her, she talked about the daddy of her unborn baby, Raymond Bautista, in keeping with the legal grievance. Investigators mentioned Bautista was conscious the sufferer was pregnant along with his baby on the time of the assault. Police additionally mentioned Bautista labored with the sufferer on the identical enterprise.
In a later interview with detectives, the sufferer mentioned that after she informed Bautista she was pregnant, he prompt she take an emergency contraceptive, in keeping with the legal grievance. When she informed him she was going to maintain the kid, Bautista informed her he didn’t need any involvement within the baby’s life, investigators mentioned. Bautista additionally knew the place the sufferer lived, had been to her condo earlier than and was conversant in her work schedule since they labored collectively, in keeping with the legal grievance.
Investigators contacted Bautista who informed them his handle in Allentown in addition to the automotive he owned, in keeping with the legal grievance. An automatic license plate reader search of the car confirmed that it was touring close to the scene of the assault about 20 minutes after it occurred, investigators mentioned.
Police later searched by way of Bautista’s car after acquiring a warrant and located a darkish ski masks and darkish gloves inside, in keeping with the legal grievance.
When interviewed by investigators, Bautista claimed he was sleeping on the time of the assault however couldn’t clarify why his automotive was being pushed that morning, investigators mentioned.
Investigators later obtained surveillance video from Bautista’s job exhibiting him arriving at work the day earlier than the assault, sporting all black clothes, officers mentioned. He additionally drove the identical car that was noticed on surveillance video the morning of the assault, in keeping with the legal grievance.
Throughout one other interview with police, Bautista confessed to attacking the girl, claiming he did it as a result of she was “talking s***” about him at work, officers mentioned.
Bautista was arrested, charged and arraigned in entrance of a choose who set his bail at $75,000 unsecured.
Prosecutors mentioned that regardless of them asking for Magisterial District Decide Denise Ashe for $1 million bail within the case, she ordered Bautista free on bail.
“I think that’s a travesty to be honest,” Stevens informed NBC10 in response to Bautista’s launch. “I don’t care if he doesn’t have a prior criminal record. For somebody that took the time to plan out what he did and to attack a woman, let alone a pregnant woman, and then for the judge to just let him walk the streets again, just like that. I think that’s crazy.”
Hatfield Police Chief William Tierney additionally reacted to the choose’s determination in a launched assertion.
“The viciousness of this attack against a completely unsuspecting person warranted such a request. The District Judge modified that bail request to what you all now know is $75,000 unsecured,” Chief Tierney wrote. “Believe me when I tell you that we are just as shocked as you are. We have requested a bail review in this case as we feel strongly that more should be done to ensure the victim in this case has some peace. The residents of Hatfield and the public in general have a right to know what is taking place. We are working to provide that for all of you.”
Prosecutors plan to current their arguments for bail within the case on Wednesday.
On-line court docket paperwork don’t checklist any authorized illustration who may communicate on Bautista’s behalf. His preliminary listening to is scheduled for Could 7, 2025.
