YUYAN Zhang, 47, has been arrested for slapping, punching and throwing a rock at “a female companion,” court documents stated. They did not indicate Zhang’s relationship to the victim.
At a bail hearing on Friday, Zhang appeared before Superior Court Associate Judge Joseph N. Camacho who imposed a $10,000 cash bail on the defendant.
Zhang was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and disturbing the peace.
A witness told police that he saw Zhang holding the victim by her hair with his left hand and slapping her with his right hand.
The witness also said he saw Zhang punching the victim on the chest.
The witness told police that he thought Zhang “was done because he walked away,” but then he picked up a rock and threw it at the victim.
According to the witness, after Zhang punched the victim again twice in the face, the witness pushed the defendant away from the victim.
Police said they were not able to speak with the victim “as she was obviously intoxicated with strong odor of alcoholic beverage exhaling from her breath.”
The victim had a small scratch on her bottom right lip, police added.
After the hearing on Friday, Zhang was remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections and was ordered to return to court on April 16, 2021 at 10 a.m. for a preliminary hearing, and on April 20, 2021 at 9 a.m., for his arraignment.
At the hearing, Zhang was represented by Assistant Public Defender Jean P. Nogues while Assistant Attorney General Coleen St. Clair appeared for the government.
