A Waukee man allegedly injured his wife in an early-morning assault Sunday.
Pedro Rafeal Aguiniga-Cruz, 22, of 1130 S.E. Olson Dr., Waukee, was charged with first-offense domestic abuse assault-bodily injury or mental illness.
The incident began about 2:45 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of S.E. Olson Drive, where officers of the Waukee Police Department responded to a report of a domestic disturbance.
According to court records, Aguiniga-Cruz allegedly “pushed” the victim, and she “fell into a glass and metal table” in the living room.
In falling, the victim “struck her left cheek on the edge of the table, causing a large, curved laceration to her face,” according to court records.
The officers also observed on the victim “several cuts on her hands and neck from defending herself,” according to court records.
Aguiniga-Cruz also allegedly lashed the victim across the back “with the cord from a phone charger.”
Aguinia-Cruz is held in the Dallas County Jail on a $1,000 cash or surety bond. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Jan. 5 in Dallas County District Court.
*A criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
