Monserrate Makes Me Sick

This is an awful story to hear around this time of the year, or any time of the year really. Councilman and soon to be Senator Hiram Monserrate is already known to be ethically challenged with his dealings in the Gang of Four. Now it turns out that he's also a criminal of the worst sort (aaaallegedly).

From The Daily Politics:

Senator-elect Hiram Monserrate was arrested early this morning after he brought a woman believed to be his girlfriend to Long Island Jewish Hospital with severe lacerations on her face that will require multiple sitches to close, sources confirmed.

Monserrate and his girlfriend arrived at the hospital at approximately 4:30 a.m. where he was detained for questioning and subsequently arrested, according to an NYPD source. The incident occurred at an apartment at 37-20 83rd St. in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Monserrate was charged with assault one.

I hope that his (hopefully now ex-) girlfriend presses charges and authorities prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law. This man excuse for a human being (yes, allegedly) is a coward, a criminal and needs to be booted from the State Senate before he even gets there.