A Hopkinsville man was charged Thursday with assaulting his pregnant girlfriend with a belt on August 1st.
Hopkinsville Police say 20-year-old Tyquarius Stubbs got into an argument over the father of his ex-girlfriend’s baby and struck her in the face with a belt, choked her with his hands, then punched and kicked her while she was 16 weeks pregnant.
He allegedly took her phone when she tried to call for police and blocked the exit door with a table. She was reportedly able to get out of the home and go to her car as he chased her and threatened her before she was able to drive away.
Police say she was able to get to Jennie Stuart Health then she was transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
Stubbs was arrested Thursday and charged with attempted second-degree fetal homicide, first-degree unlawful imprisonment second-degree assault – domestic violence, first-degree strangulation, and intimidating a participant in the legal process.
