CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — A Coral Springs man is accused of choking his ex-girlfriend and later dumping feces, urine and other substances from her backpack onto her over what police said were infidelity concerns.
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Coral Springs police identified the suspect in an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Wednesday as 20-year-old Daniel Edward Niemiec.
According to an arrest report from the Coral Springs Police Department, officers received a crime tip via email last Wednesday from a relative of the victim, who claimed Niemiec had “physically abused” her after the couple’s breakup at his apartment near the 1600 block of Northwest 91st Avenue.
The victim’s relative told police the victim “called him in distress and stated that she had been physically abused by her ex-boyfriend, Daniel,” the report states.
Police said they were initially unable to contact Niemiec but later spoke with the victim’s mother, who said she received a text message at 2 a.m. on June 2 that read, “I love him but he just hurt me. He choked me out and hit me.”
According to the report, the victim’s mother told officers her daughter was vacationing in Florida, visiting friends and staying with Niemiec, “who has been putting his hands on her causing pain and injuries.”
Police said the victim also provided photos showing injuries she allegedly sustained.
Investigators said the first reported attack occurred while the couple was having sex.
The victim alleged Niemiec “slapped her in the face multiple times” after she asked him to stop and “she did not wish for Daniel to continue slapping her and it was against her will,” according to investigators.
Police said a second attack occurred on June 30 after an argument that “escalated to physical abuse when Daniel approached her in the living room area and forcefully placed two hands” around the victim’s throat.
They said the victim told investigators that Niemiec laughed while choking her and reiterated the choking was “non-consensual.”
After leaving the apartment and going to a friend’s house in Margate, the victim told police she returned the following day to retrieve her belongings, according to the report.
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She said Niemiec met her outside holding her backpack, dumped her belongings onto her, then dumped the backpack’s contents over her, the report states.
According to the report, the victim stated, “Daniel had defecated on, urinated on, and filled her backpack with hot sauce, ketchup, and other unknown fluids,” which were “dumped over her and made deliberate contact with her.”
Police said the victim declined medical treatment but “was physically shaking” during their encounter and “appeared to be in fear.”
After being taken into custody on Thursday, Niemiec told investigators that “the slapping incident was true and gotten out of hand,” according to the report.
Police said he told investigators that while having sex with the victim, he was “testing something new and did not know the limits of the situation.”
They said Niemiec also admitted to having “anger issues” and believed the victim had cheated on him.
According to investigators, he said that “by defecating, urinating and filling the backpack up with hot sauce, soda and ketchup and miscellaneous fluids” it would be “payback for her cheating.”
Jail records show Niemiec is facing two counts of domestic battery and one count of domestic battery by strangulation.
As of Wednesday morning, He was no longer listed as an inmate in the Broward County jail records.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, you can call Women in Distress at 954-761-1133 or the Florida Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-500-1119.
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