Former Miami Seaside fee candidate, her husband arrested on home violence expenses

A former Miami Seaside fee candidate has been arrested and booked into Miami-Dade jail on Wednesday, dealing with a cost of home violence battery, in keeping with official information.

Reviews are hat on Wednesday, Marcella Novela, 45, was arrested alongside along with her husband, Ricardo Dunin Borkowsky, a 64-year-old Miami actual property govt.

He was arrested on a home violence battery cost stemming from the identical incident.

Alcohol allegations and clashing accounts

In accordance with the incident report, legislation enforcement officers instantly observed a “robust odor of alcohol” emanating from Marcella Novela’s breath.

In her account of the occasions, Novela asserted that she was the sufferer of an assault by her husband throughout the confines of their dwelling. 

She claimed that Borkowsky had seized her by the throat and forcefully pushed her right into a dresser, all following a heated argument. 

In response to those allegations, Borkowsky knowledgeable the police that he had acted as a result of Novela had struck him within the head with a closed fist.

A chaotic encounter unfolds

The chaotic episode continued as Novela narrated that her husband had subsequently thrown her onto their mattress earlier than exiting the residence and venturing onto the pool deck. 

She additionally disclosed that she had retaliated by pushing Borkowsky into the pool.

Accidents evident on each events

The incident report detailed the bodily toll of the altercation, with each Novela and Borkowsky displaying accidents. 

Novela exhibited a conspicuous crimson mark on her neck, whereas Borkowsky bore a small laceration on his temple. 

In gentle of those circumstances, each events have been positioned beneath arrest.

Bail granted for former fee candidate and partner

Jail information revealed that Marcella Novela and Ricardo Dunin Borkowsky have been every granted a $1,000 bond. 

Novela, identified not solely as a former fee candidate but in addition as an activist, holds the place of Chair of Artwork in Public Locations for the Metropolis of Miami Seaside. 

An electoral slender miss

Novela narrowly misplaced the Nov. 7 election for Miami Seaside’s Group 6 fee seat to Miami Seaside Planning Board member Joe Journal by lower than 70 votes, out of a complete of greater than 12,900 forged.