Lynn man arrested for beating up wife

LYNN-A Lynn man was ordered held without bail Thursday during an arraignment for an attack on his wife after she allegedly told him not to have sex with a 15-year-old girl.

Jose Perez, 29, of 192 Williams Ave., Lynn, was arrested Thursday on a warrant for aggravated assault and battery, assault with a dangerous weapon, threatening to commit a crime and intimidation of a witness.

According to Assistant District Attorney Michelle DiCorsi, police responded to Perez’s home Sunday on a report of a man trying to cut a woman with a knife.

Perez’s wife told police Perez tried several times to have sex with her 15-year-old daughter from a previous relationship and when she confronted him about the inappropriate behavior on Sunday, Perez attacked her, DiCorsi said.

Perez allegedly pinned his wife against a living room wall, then threw her onto a couch and punched her in the stomach. She is three months pregnant.

As the wife tried to get away, Perez allegedly punched her two more times in the face and three more times in the neck and back, the prosecutor said.

The wife ran into the kitchen where Perez allegedly grabbed her again and pinned her against a door while holding a knife against her. The woman’s 14-year-old son then walked into the room. Perez then cut his own arm and threw the knife at the victim before leaving the home, DiCorsi said.

Earlier in the alleged attack, Perez allegedly grabbed his wife’s cell phone and threw it after she said she was calling police. He also allegedly threatened to kill the woman’s family in El Salvador if he got deported to his native country for the attack, police said.

Prosecutors say the confrontation began because the wife was concerned that Perez was making sexual advances toward her daughter, which included buying her a cell phone and offering her $100 cash for sex.

DiCorsi says Perez has physically abused his wife before but the incidents were not reported.

“He has no previous [criminal] record, which is more troubling than anything given that he’s done these brutal attacks,” DiCorsi said shortly before Judge Michael Lauranzano made his ruling.

Perez’s attorney, Neil Crowley, pointed out Perez’s lack of a criminal record and further said that the entire case was based on pure allegations.

“Perez absolutely denies each and every one” of the charges against him, Crowley said.

Due to the severity of the charges, Lauranzano ordered Perez held without bail until a dangerousness hearing is held Tuesday in Lynn District Court.

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