WESTFIELD – A city man has been held in lieu of $1,000 cash bail after he allegedly assaulted his brother’s girlfriend Saturday morning.
Officer Dermot Hurley reports that the alleged assault was preceded by a fight between the suspect, Jason W. Rodriguez, 29, of 9 Grant St., and his brother because Rodriguez was jealous of his brother’s relationship with the victim.
Hurley reports that, “when the victim attempted to drive away with her boyfriend from the site of the 1:30 a.m. altercation, Rodriguez punched her driver’s side window out and took her car keys away from her.”
He went on to state that Rodriguez threw the keys “over a fence and into the darkness.”
Later that morning, about 8:20 a.m., Hurley reports, Rodriguez appeared at the victim’s Jefferson Street apartment where he entered without invitation.
There, Hurley wrote in a court document, Rodriguez “tore (the victim’s) clothing off her… He threw her to the floor and said “If you (had sexual relations with) my brother, you’re gonna (have sexual relations with) me now.”
Hurley wrote that the victim tried to call police but “Rodriguez took her phone away from her and crushed it by dropping a weight on it.”
Rodriguez was arrested and, on Monday, appeared for arraignment on charges of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 year-of-age or older, breaking and entering a building in the daytime with intent to commit a felony, malicious destruction of property valued more than $250 and intimidating a witness.
He was determined to be indigent and an attorney, Kathleen A. Cavanaugh Whitley, was appointed to represent him.
Noting that default warrants had been issued in two pending cases, in the Springfield and Belchertown courts, Contant set bail for Rodriguez at $1,000 and ordered that he make no threats or violence, direct or indirect, toward the victim and that he stay away from her home.
Rodriguez did not post the required bail and was held pending an Oct. 14 hearing.
While Rodriguez is in custody his address is of limited immediate relevance but police found reason to question his asserted address.
Officers Brendan Irujo and Jeffrey Vigneault attempted to serve Rodriguez with a ‘No trespassing’ order at 9 Grant St., and spoke with a relative there.
The officers report that Rodriguez’s cousin told them that, not only does he not live there, he never lived there.
