Hempstead woman with warrant arrested after tip, police say

Acting on a Crime Stoppers tip, police arrested a Hempstead woman on an open bench warrant Wednesday, charging her with an assault on another woman last November.

Nassau County police said Gladys Baquedano-Raudales, 23, of Jackson Street, was arrested at 2:25 p.m. in West Hempstead.

She was charged with second-degree assault and first-degree coercion and now faces arraignment Thursday in First District Court in Hempstead, police said.

Police said that on Nov. 30 Baquedano-Raudales hit an 18-year-old woman, causing a facial laceration. Subsequent to that, the warrant was issued for her arrest.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”