Man, 24, is arrested for beating a 6-month pregnant woman he thought had coronavirus
- John Cory Newell, 24, was charged with aggravated battery after he was arrested by the Cape Coral Police late Tuesday
- Police say they walked in on Newell as he was strangling a 6-month pregnant woman he thought had the coronavirus
- Newell, who was also said to be intoxicated, had to be subdued with a ‘pain compliance’ maneuver on his neck and was charged with aggravated battery
- Newell was taken to the Lee County Jail and held on $15,000 bond. It was his third arrest in the county
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A Florida man was arrested after police said they walked in on him strangling a 6-month pregnant woman whom he later claimed he thought had the coronavirus.
John Cory Newell, 24, was charged with aggravated battery after he was arrested by the Cape Coral Police late Tuesday.
Newell, a resident of Fort Meyers, was held on $15,000 bond at the Lee County Jail after his arrest at an apartment complex where the brutal attack took place, police said.
John Cory Newell, 24, was charged with aggravated battery after he was arrested by the Cape Coral Police late Tuesday for allegedly strangling and beating a woman he thought had the coronavirus. He is pictured in photo taken from a prior arrest in Lee County
This is waht Newell looked like when he was arrested on Tuesday for the alleged, brutal attack on the pregnant woman. Police say he was intoxicated at the time and began banging his head on a concrete floor, rambling that he had the coronavirus
It was Newell’s third arrest in Lee County, WBBH reports.
According to his arrest report, Cape Coral officers responded to a local apartment complex just after 11pm where they said they heard a woman’s screams and walked in on Newell strangling the victim.
Police said he had both his arms and hands around the woman’s neck and that he failed to respond to verbal commands to stop the brutal attack, reports the Fort Meyers News-Press.
Newell was accused of continuing the assault by beating the woman, who was crying out for him to get off of her, police said.
Officers said they eventually subdued Newell by applying a ‘pain compliance’ maneuver on his neck.
Newell is pictured in yet another arrest photo from Lee County
Newell was said to be intoxicated, which made it difficult to handcuff him.
He also began rambling about having the deadly flu-like virus and began slamming his head against a concrete floor, said police.
His most arrest picture shows Newell looking bloodied and disheveled, compared with two previous ones where he appears clean cut.
The name and location of the woman was redacted from reports under Marsy’s Law, which protects the rights of victims.
The coronavirus has infected thousands around the globe.
In the US, the flu-like virus also known as COVID-19, has been confirmed in 9,012 cases and blamed for at least 146 known deaths.
In Florida, there have been 314 confirmed cases, and seven deaths blamed on the infection.
The coronavirus has infected thousands around the globe. In the US, the flu-like virus also known as COVID-19, has been confirmed in 9,012 cases and blamed for at least 146 known deaths