Man Accused of Battering Ex-Girlfriend

Charges have been filed against a man after police say answers to questions about past personal relationships prompted him to punched a Greenfield woman several times.

Deangelo W Rosario, 22 of Wauwatosa, was charged Friday with one count of misdemeanor battery. He entered a not guilty plea during his initial appearance on Friday, according to online court records. 

On July 25, Greenfield police responded to a call of a battery at a home in the 11000 block of West Peregrine Way, according to the criminal complaint. 

The victim told police the night before her ex-boyfriend, Rosario, and his two friends came over to her Greenfield home. They stayed up all night until around 6:30 a.m. when Rosario asked the victim about past relationships with men. She answered, and Rosario responded by slapping her and then punching her in the face several times. She fell back after the punches, at which point Rosario started to kick her, court documents say. 

She tried to leave the room, but Rosario wouldn’t let her, though her child was crying in another room and someone was knocking at the door. He let her answer the door; it was her neighbor knocked, who she left with and went to his home to call police.

She told police the assault hurt her back and jaw, and she sustained a bloody nose and a cut lip.

If convicted, Rosario could face up to nine months imprisonment, or $10,000 in fines, or both.

He is due in court Aug. 6 for a pre-trial conference.