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Police responding to a domestic call on Halstead Avenue found the 29-year-old victim from Queens sitting on the front steps, his hand wrapped in a towel, Wallington Detective Lt. Shawn Kudlacik told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning.
Inside, “there was blood and vomit all over the floor and a door off its hinges,” Kudlacik said.
Officer arrested 23-year-old Leyka Trinidad, who “became belligerent and said she did it in self-defense,” he said.
At headquarters, she “threw a chair in the processing area, kicked a wall and spit at an officer while being placed in the holding cell,” Kudlacik said. “Then she ripped out the camera.”
Trinidad was being held on $150,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with two counts of aggravated assault and with making terroristic threats.
The victim, meanwhile, was treated at a nearby hospital for a 2½-inch gash on his hand.
Trinidad “was staying at a friend’s house,” the lieutenant said. “I’m sure he wasn’t too happy when he came home and found what happened.”
MUGSHOT: Courtesy WALLINGTON PD
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