Another serious offender set FREE: Bronx man, 20, viciously assaults girlfriend and pulls a knife – but is RELEASED by cops under Governor Cuomo’s new bail reform
- The Harriman Village Police department said that 20-year-old Jay Vasquez-Paulino attacked the woman he had been dating for about a month on Tuesday
- Assault took place at the Superior Packing company in Harriman, where the duo had been employed.
- Horrifying video shows Vasquez-Paulino repeatedly punching and kicking at the woman before threatening her with a knife
- Vasquez-Paulino was charged with misdemeanors for the assault, but the new bail reforms under Governor Cuomo required police to release him
- He is expected to make a court appearance in the near future
New York police have shared a shocking video that shows a Bronx man violently assaulting his girlfriend at their job before he was eventually released under the state’s new bail reform.
The Harriman Village Police department said that 20-year-old Jay Vasquez-Paulino attacked the woman he had been dating for about a month on Tuesday.
The assault took place at the Superior Packing company in Harriman, where the duo had been employed.
The Harriman Village Police department said that 20-year-old Jay Vasquez-Paulino attacked the woman he had been dating for about a month on Tuesday at the Superior Packing company
Horrifying video shows Vasquez-Paulino repeatedly punching and kicking at the woman.
At one point, he even throws his phone at the woman. A bystander can be seen sitting in a chair while the man assaults his girlfriend, but he fails to break the two up.
A woman notices the commotion and tries to put some distance between Vasquez-Paulino and the woman, able to get the man to exit.
Vasquez-Paulino then comes back and continues pounding on the woman as more and more people walk into the packing company.
Horrifying video shows Vasquez-Paulino repeatedly punching and kicking at the woman before threatening her with a knife
Police noted that the suspect did walk out of the building to retrieve a large kitchen knife from a backpack
Police noted that the suspect did walk out of the building to retrieve a large kitchen knife from a backpack.
Vasquez-Paulino then stuffed the knife in his sleeve, threatening the woman with the weapon once inside.
He does eventually flee from the scene, throwing the knife out of frame.
Vasquez-Paulino was charged with misdemeanors for the assault, but the new bail reforms under Governor Cuomo required police to release him with an appearance ticket.
New York recently joined California and New Jersey in prohibiting cash bails for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, Vox reports. The new reform law has been met with controversy.
Vasquez-Paulino was charged with misdemeanors for the assault, but the new bail reforms under Governor Cuomo required police to release him