Man arrested for hitting a woman in the head with a hammer

A Stock Island man is under arrest after he attacked a woman in her home, hitting her in the back of the head with a hammer.

Just before 1 a.m. Deputy Jenna Moeller responded to a trailer at Roy’s Trailer Park on Stock Island. She found the 38 year old victim bleeding from an injury on the back of her head. The victim told Deputy Moeller a man she identified as Rafael Quintana Perez knocked on her door a short time before. She said when she opened the door he rushed inside. She said he grabbed a hammer from the top of her refrigerator and hit her in the back of the head with it. She said he then punched her several times while yelling “I’m going to kill you.” She told Deputy Moeller he dropped his phone on the floor during the attack. A cell phone was recovered at the scene.

Rafael Quintana then left the residence. The victim told Deputy Moeller he could usually be found in a little shack just inside the gate of Sea Lobster on 5th Avenue.

Deputies Moeller and Russel Hull found Quintana sleeping in the shack. Beside him, on a bench, was a hammer matching the description the victim gave. Blood was on Quintana’s shirt.

The hammer and shirt were taken as evidence. The victim was treated and released from Lower Keys Hospital. She positively identified Quintana as the man who attacked her. Quintana was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and he was taken to jail.

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