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Bridgeport Police Charge East Side Man With Stabbing Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend

BRIDGEPORT, Conn - Bridgeport Police arrested a 41-year-old man on charges of stabbing a pregnant woman Saturday evening, a day she after ended her relationship with him, police said.

Jose Velez

Jose Velez

Photo Credit: Bridgeport Police Department

Officers found the suspect, Jose Velez, still inside the apartment at 50 Pearl Harbor Circle in Bridgeport in which the attack occurred, and arrested him, police spokesman Bill Kaempffer said.

Officers also found the victim, a 39-year-old woman, who had suffered stab wounds to her neck and back, Kaempffer said.

She was taken to Bridgeport Hospital, where a hospital spokesman said she was in serious condition.

According to police Capt. Armando Perez, the victim was home with her 8-year-old son when she heard someone breaking into the home. She fled, but Velez pursued and attacked her, stabbing her at least twice, Perez said.

Detectives had received information that on Friday, Santos had sat with her pastor, sisters and Velez and ended her relationship with him, Kaempffer said.

"Velez has a long history of arrests in Trumbull, Stratford, Fairfield and Bridgeport for violent crimes," said Perez. "Velez went to that apartment intent on killing the victim. During the assault, the victim said something, she said she loved him, and he stopped the attack."

Velez was charged with first-degree assault, home invasion, risk of injury to a minor, second-degree criminal mischief, first-degree burglary and criminal attempt at murder. He was held on $500,000 bond.

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