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The attack occurred at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
By Forum Staff
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Monday that a Jamaica man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for viciously slashing his girlfriend as she sat at the hospital bedside of their sick baby. The victim required some 120 stitches to close all her wounds from the unprovoked attack.
Alexander Fitzpatrick, 28, pleaded guilty to assault in the first degree on Sept. 14 before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Yavinsky, who sentenced him to 17 years in prison to be followed by five years’ post-release supervision.
![Photo Courtesy of DA Katz “[C]onfronting the reality that someone you love is dangerous can be painful and especially difficult,” DA Katz said. “It is absolutely necessary, however, in order to protect yourself and your loved ones from serious physical and emotional harm.”](http://theforumnewsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/JamaicaHospitalSlasher2.jpg)
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“[C]onfronting the reality that someone you love is dangerous can be painful and especially difficult,” DA Katz said. “It is absolutely necessary, however, in order to protect yourself and your loved ones from serious physical and emotional harm.”
“I’m going to jail,” and began slashing the woman with the sharp object. The 25-year-old victim sustained deep wounds to her left arm and her face that required approximately 120 stitches to close.
“For brutally assaulting the mother of his baby daughter, this defendant has been sent to prison for a long time. As I find myself often having to tell women, confronting the reality that someone you love is dangerous can be painful and especially difficult. It is absolutely necessary, however, in order to protect yourself and your loved ones from serious physical and emotional harm,” Katz said.
