A 19-year-old city man accused of beating his pregnant girlfriend with a belt over the weekend is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Northampton District Court.
Northampton police arrested 19-year-old Richard Damboise for allegedly beating his pregnant girlfriend with a belt Saturday night.NORTHAMPTON -- A 19-year-old city man accused of beating his pregnant girlfriend with a belt will be arraigned Monday in Northampton District Court.
Richard Damboise was arrested Saturday at his home at 13 Hubbard Ave. after choking his 20-year-old girlfriend, punching her and whipping her in the legs with a belt, Northampton Police Sgt. Alan Borowski said Monday.
The woman is five months pregnant with Damboise's child, according to Borowski.
Officers responded to a domestic assault report at the Hubbard Avenue residence around 8 p.m. Saturday.
The woman had red welts on her left leg, among other apparent injuries, and was punched several times in the head and face with a closed fist, police said.
"It was a verbal altercation that grew physical," Borowski said.
As a result, Damboise was charged with one count of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a belt) and two counts of aggravated assault and battery, Borowski said.
Following his arrest, Damboise was remanded to the Hampshire County Jail and House of Correction in lieu of $500 cash bail.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of a Hubbard Avenue, Northampton, home where city police say a 19-year-old man assaulted his pregnant girlfriend Saturday night: