Man Punched Pregnant Girlfriend In Stomach, Beat 2 Kids: Sheriff

BRADENTON, FL — A 22-year-old Bradenton man was arrested on multiple charges of battery after punching his pregnant girlfriend and abusing her two children, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Deputies received reports of child abuse on Wednesday and later learned about a domestic disturbance involving Anthony Reyes-Enos and his 23-year-old girlfriend in the 300 block of 58th Avenue E. in Bradenton.

The victim told investigators that she and Reyes-Enos had been arguing and he assaulted her over two days, including punching her in the stomach, the sheriff’s office said. She managed to escape the home to call for help.

After she left, Reyes-Enos sent her numerous photos of her two children, who are 1- and 2-years-old, showing various bruises and wounds on them, indicating that they had been beaten, MCSO said.

When deputies got to the home, they found the children with multiple lacerations, bruising and swelling. Both children and their mother were brought to a local hospital for treatment.

Reyes-Enos was charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation, aggravated battery on a pregnant woman, tampering with a 911 call, false imprisonment and two counts of aggravated child abuse.