RALEIGH -- A 26-year-old Raleigh man has been charged with assault on a female and battery of an unborn child.
Delquon Aaron Covington, no address listed, was arrested Monday. According to an arrest warrant, Covington was accused of assaulting and striking a female by punching and pushing her. The woman is nine months pregnant.
It was not reported whether or not the woman was taken to the hospital.
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