#Bridgeport, CT – June 16, 2014-– A 44-year-old male was charged after punching his girlfriend’s son after they argued about a plate of leftovers.
Officer Daniel O’Brien, Matthew Goncalves and Marie Cetti were dispatched to 702 Maplewood Ave. Sunday just after 9 p.m. and encountered the victim, Christopher Velazquez, 20, of Bridgeport, bleeding from the face.
The victim stated that he went to his mother’s apartment to pick up a plate of leftover food from a picnic earlier in the day. According to the victim, he remarked that the food had apparently “slipped under the plate” and also stated that his mother’s boyfriend, Efrain Hernandez, of Bridgeport, responded that he should “shut … up and eat the food.”
The victim stated that Hernandez attacked him when he protested about the fashion in which Hernandez had addressed him.
Hernandez acknowledged punching the victim, stating that the victim “talked back” which resulted in him being “punched in the (expletive) face.”
The mother of the victim and girlfriend of the suspect stated the victim and suspect never got along and that she could believe the assault happened over a plate of leftover picnic food.
Hernandez faces charges of third-degree assault and disorderly conduct. His bond was set at $5,000.