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Edwin A. Comacho Jr., appears in court in Jersey City today, July 6, 2015, on charges he punched and threatened to kill his father during an argument over babysitting duties yesterday.

JERSEY CITY -- A city man made his first court appearance today on charges he assaulted his father and threatened to kill him after an argument over babysitting duties yesterday, officials said.

Edwin A. Camacho Jr., 25, of Atlantic Avenue, appeared in Central Judicial Processing court via video link from Hudson County jail in Kearny.

He is charged with assault for allegedly "punching his father (name omitted) in the left eye with a closed fist causing a laceration directly underneath the left eye," the criminal complaint says.

Camacho is also charged with making terroristic threats to his father by saying "That he will kill him," the complaint states.

Camacho has two prior arrests and one disorderly persons conviction, court officials said. His bail was set at $10,000 with a 10 percent cash option.