A suspect has been arrested after allegedly punching a seven-months pregnant woman in the face while riding the subway in Queens, police said.
Christopher Benitez was arrested Friday and charged with third-degree assault for the Feb. 25 incident on a southbound J train at the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station, police said. The woman was using her phone while on the train when she was struck in the unprovoked attack.
Benitez walked up to the victim and punched her in the face, causing cuts, bruises and pain to the right eye. He ran off afterward. After a week and a half, police said he was arrested outside of a relative’s home in Brooklyn…