New York City correction officer arrested for allegedly punching, biting and using a belt to whip his girlfriend’s six-year-old son
- Jayden Gustave, 25, was arrested on Friday at his girlfriend’s home in the Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn accused of assaulting her young son.
- The girlfriend alleges that Gustave punched and bit the six-year-old, and also used a belt to whip him repeatedly, bruising the boy’s face, back and buttocks
- Gustave is charged with assault and causing injury to a child under the age of 11
An off-duty officer with New York City’s Department of Correction was arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend’s young son.
Jayden Gustave, 25, was taken into custody at his girlfriend’s home in Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn, on Friday evening, according to the New York Daily News.
The girlfriend alleged Gustave punched her six-year-old son, and bit the child as well.
Jayden Gustave, 25, is an off-duty New York City correction officer who was arrested and jailed for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend’s six-year-old boy (file photo of a jail cell)
He also allegedly whipped the young boy with a belt repeatedly and with enough force to bruise his face, back and buttocks.
Gustave is charged with assault and causing injury to a child under the age of 11 years old.
It was not immediately known if Gustave was being represented by an attorney.