'Beat the baby out': Woman is all smiles after beating pregnant mother of 2 with baseball bat as she was heading out to warm up car, cops say
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Left inset: Marielle Barrios (Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office). Right inset: Gheonna Lacy (GoFundMe). Background: Ring camera footage shows the moments right before Gheonna Lacy was allegedly attacked with a metal baseball bat by a man and a woman who had been stalking her over a relationship dispute (WISN/YouTube).

A woman from Wisconsin found herself grinning in her mugshot after being arrested for assaulting a pregnant mother of two. The attack, captured by a Ring camera, involved the woman and an accomplice using a metal baseball bat, authorities reported.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC affiliate WISN, 28-year-old Marielle Barrios allegedly instructed her partner in crime to “beat the baby out” of Gheonna Lacy. She reportedly went further, saying, “Kill the baby,” as they confronted Lacy, who was outside preparing to warm up her car.

Lacy, speaking to WISN, described how she was ambushed outside a group home in Racine, where she works as a caregiver. She suspects the attack was linked to ongoing relationship issues with Barrios, whom she claims had been stalking her.

“They just knocked me down immediately,” Lacy recalled. “Swinging the bat and stomping on me with their feet.”

Lacy explained that during the unexpected assault at around 7 a.m. on January 15 as she was leaving work, she tried to shield her abdomen, believing Barrios aimed to harm both her and her unborn child.

Ring camera footage obtained by WISN allegedly shows Barrios and the other suspect sneaking up on Lacy.

“As a pregnant person, you feel like you’re safe, like no one is going to touch you,” Lacy said. “It replays in my head every time I close my eyes.”

According to local CBS affiliate WDJT, cops say Barrios walked into a local police station and dropped off a written statement at the front counter denying that she was involved in the attack and calling Lacy’s claim false. Lacy was allegedly able to identify her due to Barrios’ face mask coming down during the bat onslaught.

Barrios was arrested on Jan. 23 in Arkansas, along with a woman who is accused of harboring her. She is charged in Racine County, Wis., with substantial battery, aggravated battery to an unborn child and armed robbery for allegedly taking Lacy’s cellphone.

A GoFundMe that was launched by Lacy’s employer says she is currently pregnant with her third child and works “providing daily care, compassion, and support to other people’s loved ones,” per the description.

“As she walked outside toward her vehicle, one male and one female were waiting for her and brutally attacked her,” the GoFundMe alleges. “She was beaten with a metal baseball bat and repeatedly kicked and stomped on — including blows to her stomach, face, and entire body.”

Lacy was hospitalized after the assault and was being “closely monitored,” along with her unborn child, according to the GoFundMe. “This traumatic incident has left her physically injured, emotionally shaken, and unable to work at this time,” the description explains.

Police say they were still searching for the other suspect who was allegedly involved as of Wednesday.

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