A 13-year-old boy in Alabama got into a fight when he hit his drunken father to stop him from hitting his mother.
The girl started beating her father when she saw it Daniel Hernandez-Lopez strangled his mother during a heated argument at their Foley home on Tuesday, March 10, according to KOLO-TV.
After the boy confronted his father about hurting his mother outside their home, Hernandez-Lopez reportedly threw the boy and tried to hit him with a bicycle.
The boy then punched his father, who was very drunk, repeatedly in the face trying to fight him. Police said Hernandez-Lopez was left with two black eyes and a badly swollen lip, according to the source. In addition, the police said that he may have fainted during the altercation.
Hernandez-Lopez was charged with strangulation and booked into the Baldwin County Jail, according to online records viewed by. Us Weekly.
Police said he may have been using drugs at the time of the incident, and authorities also noted that he is not a US citizen.
In her mug shot, Hernandez-Lopez had a bloodied and bruised face with two black eyes and a gash on her forehead. Additionally, her mouth appeared swollen in the photo.
It is not yet clear whether Hernandez-Lopez has filed for or retained legal representation following his arrest. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond Us Weeklyrequest for comment on the case.
Police did not share details about whether there were any other domestic violence issues between Hernandez-Lopez, the boy or the boy’s mother before the latest arrest.
Domestic violence strangulation is considered a Class B felony in the state of Alabama. If convicted, Hernandez-Lopez could be sentenced to between two and 20 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of up to $30,000.
A new domestic violence law went into effect in the state of Alabama in 2019, according to the website of the law firm Polson & Polson, PC. The law focuses on “intentional or potentially fatal or maiming” and seeks to “punish those convicted under its provisions.”
When it comes to the offense of domestic violence strangulation, the state of Alabama defines the offense as when a person “strikes with intent to injure or commits the offense of threatening pursuant to Section 13A-6-23, by strangulation or strangulation or attempting to strangle or strangle and the former spouse, child, child, or step, or any parent, child or first step the defendant has a child with, a current family member, or a person related or dating to the defendant.”
The state defines strangulation as “intentionally causing asphyxia by closing or compressing the blood vessels or airways in the neck due to external pressure on the neck.” Meanwhile, drowning is defined as when someone intentionally causes “asphyxia by depriving a person of air or preventing a person from breathing by inhaling poisonous gases or by closing or obstructing a person’s airway in any way other than suffocation.”
