A 19-year-old man accused of hitting his girlfriend with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off and nearly causing a traffic crash is facing domestic battery and child abuse charges.
The alleged melee on wheels began after the 19-year-old victim on Friday picked up Emmanuelle Rodriguez - her boyfriend and child's father - from his mother's house in Port St. Lucie. They headed north on Interstate 95 to their new apartment in Fort Pierce as their 7-month-old son slept in the back.
The victim told police that Rodriguez got angry while she drove and "started to hit her in the arm and striking her in the face with a sandwich, knocking her glasses off her face."
The victim nearly lost control of the vehicle because she couldn't see the road. Rodriguez then ripped off the rear view mirror and used it to beat and shatter the windshield. She exited I-95 at St. Lucie West and told Rodriguez to get out and get his mother to pick him up.
Rodriguez told investigators that, indeed, he argued. He said he "didn't want to hit her so he threw a sandwich at her striking her in the face knocking her glasses off." He also admitted beating the windshield with the mirror and his fist.
The type of sandwich hurled was not specified.
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