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Man brutally punches, stomps on woman 25 times in 'evil,' unprovoked attack; victim even screams she's pregnant to try to get him to stop — but he doesn't
The Blaze ^ | 6/10/22 | Dave Urbanski

Posted on 06/10/2022 12:24:43 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

Surveillance video caught a man entering a Phoenix phone store Saturday and brutally beating a female employee working alone behind the counter — punching and stomping on her 25 times in an unprovoked attack.

Even when she screamed she was pregnant as a possible way of getting him to stop, the attacker kept beating her.

The 22-year-old victim asked the man, "How can I help you?" as he approached the counter of the Cricket Wireless store near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road around 5 p.m., KSAZ-TV reported.

The man began to answer and then suddenly punched the woman, landing a total of 16 punches and nine stomps to her head as the victim screamed for her life, begging him to stop.

After the attack, the man went to the back of the store and stole several items and cash, police told the station. The victim was able to run to the next-door business to call for help, but the suspect fled before authorities arrived, KSAZ reported.

Police received multiple tips about the suspect's identity after releasing surveillance video of the attack, the station said, adding that 33-year-old Michael Cook was arrested three days later.

Cook faces multiple charges, including robbery, kidnapping, assault, and criminal trespassing, KSAZ said, adding that he was booked Wednesday into Maricopa County Jail.

Image source: KSAZ-TV video screenshot Cook's mother reportedly told police her son wasn't taking his schizophrenia medication, the station said, adding that police paperwork indicated Cook heard voices in his head telling him to kill himself, so he took his anger out on the victim.

Paperwork also shows Cook admitted to stealing three phones and selling two of them for fentanyl and meth, KSAZ reported.

Tearful victim calls attack 'evil' Maria Coronado spoke to the station Wednesday and said the man — a regular customer — had been watching her all day and waited until she was alone before attacking her.

"You could just hear me screaming," a tearful Coronado told KSAZ. "It just breaks my heart that no matter what I did -- I plead[ed] with him, I even told him I was pregnant just to see if maybe with that he would stop, and he didn't. He just kept on going and going and going."

She also told the station she has "several stitches from my eyebrow to my nose. I have two fractured nose bones, and obviously, my face has a lot of trauma to it."

Coronado added to KSAZ she was afraid the man would kill her if she fought back and called the attack "evil."

"He knew what he was doing," she added to the station. "This was premeditated. He came four times the whole day, just seeing if there [were] customers, if I was alone." Coronado said days before the attack, the man "literally told a manager, 'I’m going to come back and kill you.'"

However, Coronado told KSAZ no one called police about the man's prior threats.

"If they would have said something ... they probably would have caught him, and this wouldn’t have happened," she told the station, adding that she doesn't want to return to work: "It's just scary ... We can't be alone."

KSAZ said it reached out to Cricket Wireless for a statement but didn't immediately receive a reply. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help cover Coronado's medical expenses.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; cricketwireless; dindunuffin; dopefiends; localnews; mariacoronado; michaelcook; phoenix; victimlesscrime; whatshisfrnick
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To: Steely Tom; Impala64ssa

Cities are going to burn down after the news of this outrage gets around.


41 posted on 06/10/2022 12:50:10 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Impala64ssa

People like him are why lynching existed.


42 posted on 06/10/2022 12:52:06 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: aquila48
Cities are going to burn down after the news of this outrage gets around.

Don't hold your breath.

43 posted on 06/10/2022 12:52:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: djpg

> Especially when you think that you are justified because you are told that all white people are racists. <

That is an enormous problem. I was listening to a local talk radio station the other day, and the host mentioned that a country singer was coming to town. A couple of black guys called in, and said that country music fans are white racists looking to hurt black people. The host, who is black himself, agreed with the callers.

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.


44 posted on 06/10/2022 12:55:33 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Impala64ssa

A white supremacist I presume?


45 posted on 06/10/2022 12:57:37 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Dr. Sivana

“The university is walled up”

Are the walls recent? I didn’t see any on images.


46 posted on 06/10/2022 12:57:52 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Impala64ssa

“Would that psycho, who supposedly can’t be held accountable for his actions even think of messing with any of those tough guys?”


I had the same conversation with my school’s superintendent who taken on a school bully as his project. When I asked him why he picked on kids, his answer was “He can’t control himself”. When I pointed out that he never picked on the 250# 8th grader...crickets.


47 posted on 06/10/2022 12:59:05 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Impala64ssa

bs

IMO anytime you kick someone in the head, that’s attempted murder.


48 posted on 06/10/2022 1:01:00 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Impala64ssa

I am so happy she is relatively ok and won’t have any lasting physical damage from this incident.

If he is an immigrant he needs to be jailed and then deported. And should be charge as I said before with attempted murder for the kicks to the head.


49 posted on 06/10/2022 1:08:20 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Impala64ssa

My theory has always been that you don’t execute a violent psycho - you euthanize ‘em.


50 posted on 06/10/2022 1:09:09 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: gunsequalfreedom

That is why women should carry easy open pocket knives and wear dresses, pants, and skirts with pockets. And remember they have it and use it when necessary. A firearm would be better, but....


51 posted on 06/10/2022 1:09:33 PM PDT by sport
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To: DesertRhino

52 posted on 06/10/2022 1:14:06 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Steely Tom

Just being sarcastic.


53 posted on 06/10/2022 1:15:24 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Impala64ssa

Just confirming the statistics. Murder Monkey doing what Murder Monkeys do.


54 posted on 06/10/2022 1:21:25 PM PDT by 762X51
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To: aquila48
Just being sarcastic.

Yeah, thought so.

55 posted on 06/10/2022 1:22:22 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

Poland, where I am now, is looking better and better with each passing day.


56 posted on 06/10/2022 1:24:32 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bigdaddy45

“And there is no way she should have to pay for her own medical expenses. Cricket wireless should be paying for those”

From the article:

“He knew what he was doing,” she added to the station. “This was premeditated. He came four times the whole day, just seeing if there [were] customers, if I was alone.” Coronado said days before the attack, the man “literally told a manager, ‘I’m going to come back and kill you.’”

However, Coronado told KSAZ no one called police about the man’s prior threats.”

By the time the lawyers get finished with Cricket Wireless they will paying her medical bills and probably a lot more.


57 posted on 06/10/2022 1:25:48 PM PDT by suthener ( )
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To: djpg

HUH? We’re not?😵‍💫


58 posted on 06/10/2022 1:32:12 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: CopperTop

Yes, he isn’t a fighter by any means. Almost spastic in his punches. He needs a major ass kicking.


59 posted on 06/10/2022 1:35:28 PM PDT by Codeflier (I am just going to assume you are a Democrat if you call me a Putin supporter and ignore you.)
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To: dfwgator
Poland, where I am now, is looking better and better with each passing day.

I can think of one thing Poland's got that always looks mighty good. Of course other Eastern European countries have it too.

Anyway, I take your point. Long may it stay that way.

60 posted on 06/10/2022 1:35:35 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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