Man punches woman thinking she's a man messin' with his woman

A man who mistook the gender of someone hugging his girlfriend punched the woman and threw her down, police in Blaine said.

Last update: January 4, 2008 - 7:28 PM

A man who mistook the gender of someone hugging his girlfriend punched the woman and threw her down, police in Blaine said.

According to police:

Last week, Amanda Christianson was being dropped off at her home in Blaine by her friend Alyssa Smith of Fridley. Christianson's boyfriend, Alexander Wald, came out from the residence in the 9500 block of NE. Able Street and saw the two women hugging.

Smith, a licensed practice nurse who said she weighs 100 pounds, said Wald came into the garage and hit her square in the jaw. She said he picked her up and threw her against a car and picked her up again and threw her to the concrete floor.

Smith said Christianson screamed at Wald, "It's a girl. It's a girl," and then he just left.

"It didn't last more than a minute," she said. "I was so in shock from everything that happened."

Smith said she suffered bruises and bumps on the back of her head an an injured jaw that required emergency room treatment.

Wald, 22, was cited by mail with fifth-degree assault, a misdemeanor.

Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482

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