Man charged with ignoring restraining order and attacking his former girlfriend

A restraining order did nothing to restrain a Yager Road man from attacking his ex-girlfriend as he allegedly stuck the blade of his knife in her eye during a domestic dispute at her home.

The suspect, Alejandro Diaz Pena, 20, was indicted Friday on charges of aggravated domestic assault and violation of an order of protection.

His indictment comes for an incident which happened outside the victim’s home on the Fourth of July when she says Diaz showed up at her residence despite there being an order of protection in effect against him.

The victim maintains her ex-boyfriend had been drinking and tried to pick a fight when he showed up. She reportedly told Pena to leave but he refused, instead pulling a knife and brandishing it in the face of the woman.

‘He put the knife to his ex-girlfriend’s eye, sticking the blade in far enough to cut her,’ the warrant against Pena reads.

In addition to brandishing the knife, police reported finding evidence the woman had been hit in the mouth as she was bleeding following the attack. She also said she had been hit in the stomach with a witness telling police Pena was seen choking the woman on her porch.