A Palm Bay man pinned down his pregnant girlfriend with his knee and forced her to smoke crack — and then he burned her forehead and lip with a crack pipe, an arrest affidavit said.

Joesph Carlucci, 31, faces two charges of aggravated battery. He remains incarcerated on $31,000 bond at the Brevard County Jail Complex, and he will be arraigned Nov. 7 at the Moore Justice Center in Viera.

Carlucci was arrested Thursday at a Baytree Drive apartment complex, just east of the intersection of Palm Bay Road and Babcock Street.

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His girlfriend also told Palm Bay police that Carlucci had strangled her with her shirt while he was dragging her backwards across the floor, the affidavit said. Police took photos of red marks on her neck and burns on her lip and forehead.

Carlucci also faced an arrest warrant for failure to appear in court in an August case for possession of Xanax, possession of drug paraphernalia, reckless driving and driving with a suspended license, court records show.

In that case, Melbourne police found Carlucci sleeping behind the wheel of a vehicle parked against a gate near the intersection of U.S. 1 and Hibiscus Boulevard, an arrest affidavit said.

Neale is the South Brevard watchdog reporter at FLORIDA TODAY.

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