A charge for maltreatment in violation of the Law for the Prevention and Intervention with Domestic Violence was filed on Saturday, October 24, against Juan E. Velázquez Maldonado, alias Ema, 36, a resident of Arecibo. According to the Puerto Rico Police Bureau’s press office report, on Friday, October 23, in the town of Camuy, the suspect allegedly struck the victim in different parts of her body.
The report did not specify whether the woman required medical assistance. After hearing the evidence, Judge Michelle Camacho Nieves, of the Court of First Instance in Arecibo, found probable cause for arrest and set bond at $50,000, which the defendant did not post. Velázquez Maldonado was taken to the Bayamón Correctional Complex pending a preliminary hearing.
The investigation is being handled by agent Marlon López Montalvo of the Puerto Rico Police, assigned to the Domestic Violence Division of the Arecibo Criminal Investigation Corps, under the supervision of Sergeant Brenda L. Lisboa Torres.