A Pennsylvania man was sentenced for beating the mother of his unborn child in an attack outside of a Montgomery County apartment building that was captured on video.
On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, Raymond Bautista, 37, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and aggravated assault of an unborn child. He was sentenced to four to six years in prison.
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The incident occurred on Thursday, April 24, 2025, around 4:30 a.m. outside an apartment complex along the 2000 block of Maple Avenue in Hatfield Township.
A woman – who was 15 weeks pregnant at the time — exited her apartment building to head to her job. As she walked down the steps, a masked man wearing all black — later identified as Bautista — jumped at her and kicked her in the back. He then continued to kick her stomach and punch her in the face as she screamed. The attack was captured on Ring camera video.
A local woman was brutally attacked from behind outside of her apartment building in Hatfield, Montgomery County. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville talked to a neighbor whose surveillance camera captured the assault.
“I was woken up by terrible screaming coming from outside,” Christopher Stevens, the owner of the video, told NBC10. “It looks like it happened in a matter of 20 seconds. It was that fast.”
Investigators said additional surveillance video showed the man fleeing the area on foot towards Maple Avenue.
The victim suffered nasal bone fractures, cuts and bruises. When asked by a responding police officer if she knew anyone who would want to hurt her, she mentioned the father of her unborn child, Raymond Bautista. Investigators said Bautista was aware the victim was pregnant with his child at the time of the attack. Police also said Bautista worked with the victim at the same business.
In a later interview with detectives, the victim said that after she told Bautista she was pregnant, he suggested she take an emergency contraceptive, according to the criminal complaint. When she told him she was going to keep the child, Bautista told her he didn’t want any involvement in the child’s life, investigators said. Bautista also knew where the victim lived, had been to her apartment before and was familiar with her work schedule since they worked together, according to the criminal complaint.
Investigators contacted Bautista who told them his address in Allentown as well as the car he owned. An automated license plate reader search of the vehicle showed that it was traveling near the scene of the attack about 20 minutes after it occurred, investigators said.
Police later searched through Bautista’s vehicle after obtaining a warrant and found a dark ski mask and dark gloves inside.
When interviewed by investigators, Bautista claimed he was sleeping at the time of the attack but could not explain why his car was being driven that morning.
Investigators later obtained surveillance video from Bautista’s job showing him arriving at work the day before the attack, wearing all black clothing. He also drove the same vehicle that was spotted on surveillance video the morning of the attack, according to the criminal complaint.
During another interview with police, Bautista confessed to attacking the woman, claiming he did it because she was “talking s***” about him at work.
In addition to his sentencing, Bautista was also ordered to attend domestic violence counseling and to have no contact with the victim.