The Metrowest Daily News reported Tuesday that a twenty one year old Marlborough man was arrested Sunday and charged with beating a pregnant woman. The man was charged with assault and battery on a pregnant person, intimidating a witness and threatening to commit a crime. At 1:15 a.m. the victim called police to report the assault. Officers were able to hear the defendant yell to the woman that he was going to kill her. They then heard a smacking sound followed by the woman crying and asking the defendant to get off of her. The woman, who is almost two months pregnant, had bite marks on her arm, hand, cheek and neck, as well as a cut lip. She told police that the defendant held her down and hit and bit her. When she tried to call police, he threw the phone across the room. The defendant was arrested, charged and arraigned in Marlborough District Court yesterday. Full Article Metrowest Daily News October 21, 2008.
The crime of assault and battery on a pregnant person is defined by General Laws Chapter 265 Section 13A. The portion of the statute pertaining to this crime reads "[w]hoever commits an assault or an assault and battery upon another who is pregnant at the time of such assault and battery, knowing or having reason to know that the person is pregnant shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment".
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