Crime & Safety

Port Chester Man Charged with Assault in Domestic Dispute

Police: Woman knocked to floor, stuck by belt.

A 61-year-old Port Chester man was charged with assault after domestic dispute involving a 6-year-old child and a 48-year-old woman, according to Port Chester Police.

Police said Nelson Bustos of 20 Sand St. was arrested after an investigation of a 3 p.m. incident at his home on Monday. Police said village officers found a woman at the home had been knocked to the floor and struck by a belt, leaving her with visible welts.

The woman, however, did not require medical attention, police said.

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The woman told police that Bustos came home with her son and Bustos was upset over a matter that took place at the child's school. The woman told police Bustos struck the child and was about to hit the child with a belt when she stopped him, and was then knocked to the ground.

The child was not injured.

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Busto was charged with third-degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child. He faces a hearing in Port Chester Village Court.


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