Melissa Montoya

News-Press

A Fort Myers man was arrested on Wednesday accused of punching his pregnant girlfriend in the face at a Dollar General.

Michael Craig O'Brien was arrested after employees at the store on Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers called the police because of an altercation they overheard.

Employees told a deputy from the Lee County Sheriff's Office that O'Brien, 41, and his girlfriend Samantha Carter, were fighting in the store.

Deputies found Carter at a neighbor's home on Garcia Avenue where she told them O'Brien struck her in the right side of the face. She also told deputies she was eight weeks pregnant with twins.

O'Brien was charged with aggravate assault on a pregnant woman. O'Brien has a lengthy record dating back to 1997, including petit theft charges, drug paraphernalia charges, grand theft auto among others. Wednesday's arrest was his 32nd.

He is being held on no bond at the Lee County Jail.