Man Who Beat Pregnant Woman When She Didn't Thank Him Arrested: Police

Police have arrested a man who they say held a door open for a woman and then attacked her when she didn't thank him.

Darryl Gillybrand, 32, was taken into custody Thursday at his Chelsea residence and charged with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police say.

The attack happened March 5 shortly before noon at the Chelsea-Elliot Houses on West 26th Street.

Lakeeya Walker, who is eight weeks pregnant, says she was most of all concerned for her fetus.

"He grabbed me by the neck, my legs were dangling as he held me against a fence," Walker told NBC 4 New York. "Then he started kicking me in the stomach."

Walker was taken to the hospital with bruising and cuts, but she says an ultrasound showed her fetus was unharmed.

It was not immediately clear if Gillybrand had an attorney. 

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