BOYNTON BEACH, FL - A woman in her thirties has been arrested after allegedly hitting a man in the head with a brick over his loose pet snakes in a home they shared together.
The woman, 37-year-old Maria Louise Del Rosario, is accused of aggravated battery and criminal mischief, Law & Crime reported. A probable cause affidavit states that police responded on November 1 to a home in the 100 block of SE 13th Avenue where they found a 42-year-old man with a bloodied face and a swollen right eye.
The victim told police that Del Rosario was "agitated" that his pet snakes were roaming around the house. He tried to "create distance" between him and Del Rosario but she kept coming at him and struck him with an object he believed to be a brick.
The victim said he tried to stay away, but she followed him. Surveillance footage allegedly showed Del Rosario walking up to the victim, calling him a "f*cking b*tch" and stomping on his phone three times. Officers later found the $900 phone outside near a bush, snapped in half with a shattered screen, according to the affidavit.
Police located Del Rosario later in the evening and detained her for questioning. After being read her Miranda rights, Del Rosario first claimed she did not see the victim that day and then she said she saw him to collect her belongings and nothing violent occurred.
Then, officers showed her the video they had of her stomping on the victim's phone. She said, "just put me in the car." Police obliged and transported her to the Palm Beach County Jail, where she remains on an $8,000 bond. Her next court date is scheduled for December 1.
The woman, 37-year-old Maria Louise Del Rosario, is accused of aggravated battery and criminal mischief, Law & Crime reported. A probable cause affidavit states that police responded on November 1 to a home in the 100 block of SE 13th Avenue where they found a 42-year-old man with a bloodied face and a swollen right eye.
The victim told police that Del Rosario was "agitated" that his pet snakes were roaming around the house. He tried to "create distance" between him and Del Rosario but she kept coming at him and struck him with an object he believed to be a brick.
The victim said he tried to stay away, but she followed him. Surveillance footage allegedly showed Del Rosario walking up to the victim, calling him a "f*cking b*tch" and stomping on his phone three times. Officers later found the $900 phone outside near a bush, snapped in half with a shattered screen, according to the affidavit.
Police located Del Rosario later in the evening and detained her for questioning. After being read her Miranda rights, Del Rosario first claimed she did not see the victim that day and then she said she saw him to collect her belongings and nothing violent occurred.
Then, officers showed her the video they had of her stomping on the victim's phone. She said, "just put me in the car." Police obliged and transported her to the Palm Beach County Jail, where she remains on an $8,000 bond. Her next court date is scheduled for December 1.
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