A San Benito man is behind bars after he allegedly hit a 12-year-old girl who tried to help her mother in a domestic disturbance.
San Benito police arrested 29-year-old Hugo Mario Salinas, Jr. early Thursday morning.
Investigators told Action 4 News that officers responded to a domestic disturbance off Wild Olive Drive around 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
Police said attacked his 34-year-old girlfriend and punched her 12-year-old daughter when the girl tried to defend her mother.
Officers arrested Salinas for assault family violence and injury to a child charges as well as a probation violation for a past burglary charge.
Salinas appeared before a San Benito municipal judge where he was issued $15,000 dollars in bonds.
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