Illegal immigrant hit man, cops say
Saturday, December 29, 2007
By DOUGLAS B. BRILL
The Express-Times
BETHLEHEM | A 52-year-old illegal immigrant punched and kicked a neighbor whose girlfriend complained about a loud party, police said.

Enrique Lima-Cano of the 700 block of East Fourth Street punched neighbor Diego Gomez, 39, in the face about 3 a.m. Dec. 1 at the apartment building where they both live, police said. Police said Lima-Cano kicked Gomez repeatedly in the head and face after Gomez fell.


Police said Gomez was bleeding from the mouth, nose and eyes when officers arrived Dec. 1.

Isbert Ortiz, 47, who lives with Gomez, told police a loud party in an upstairs apartment woke her and Gomez about 3 a.m. Ortiz told police a woman and a man she later identified as Lima-Cano came downstairs.

Ortiz told police she asked the man and woman to turn down their music. The woman, Ortiz told police, jumped on her, scratched her and punched her. Gomez then came out of the apartment and Lima-Cano attacked him, Ortiz told police.

Police said Gomez and Ortiz identified Lima-Cano as the attacker Thursday. Lima-Cano was charged Friday with aggravated assault and simple assault. He was committed to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail.

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