AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.

Click here to visit the new home of AOL News!

Hot on HuffPost:

See More Stories
Weird News

'Genius' Accused of Pistol-Whipping Pregnant Woman

Feb 7, 2011 – 7:30 PM
Text Size
Ben Muessig

Ben Muessig Contributor

It doesn't take a genius to know it's wrong to pistol-whip a pregnant woman.

But police in Ohio say a man with the word "Genius" tattooed across his forehead allegedly did just that, using a handgun to repeatedly strike a pregnant woman in the head late last month.

Jerome Smith, 27, had only been out of prison for only two and a half months when the Cincinnati man was arrested on felonious assault charges, according to News.Cincinnati.com.

The suspect with the part-cursive face tattoo has already been incarcerated twice -- once for five and a half years after being convicted of attempted murder, possession of drugs and burglary in 2003, and more recently for selling heroin.

Court documents obtained by TheSmokingGun.com accuse Smith of knowingly attempting to cause "physical harm" to Tiera Bryant, who is eight months pregnant.

In a hearing Wednesday, Bryant reportedly asked the judge to drop the charges against Smith because police didn't witness the incident, but prosecutors insist they have a witness.

Sponsored Links
Smith -- who has a number of other prominent pieces of ink work, including an "Omerta" tattoo that might reference the Mafia's code of silence -- is being held on $50,000 bond.

He's hardly the first criminal suspect with easy to identify facial tattoos. Last year, police in Florida had little trouble identifying an iPhone thief who had the words "I'm Me" written across his forehead.

Read more at News.Cincinnati.com and TheSmokingGun.com.

Make your life more weird! Follow AOL Weird News on Facebook and Twitter
Filed under: Nation, Weird News, Crime
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.


2011 AOL Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 

Today's Random Question

Jack Dowd, an entrepreneur from Iowa, sees the fears of Armageddon as an opportunity to make some cash. (Read More)