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News: Burgos arrested

by Ted Berg on September 9th, 2008 at 2:10 pm

According to a report in the Daily News, Ambiorix Burgos was arrested this morning for beating up his girlfriend at a hotel near Shea Stadium.

According to the story, “he repeatedly punched her on the back, bit her and slapped her.”

Burgos will be arraigned today in Queens on assault and harassment charges.

…eek…not good…one wonders what he was doing near shea stadium in the first place…

added to by Matthew Cerrone

According to SNY’s Brendan Kuty, the Mets told reporters prior to today’s game that they are ‘very disturbed by the allegations charged against Ambiorix Burgos.

The team said he was not in New York for reasons related to the Mets, and they will continue to monitor the situation as it progresses.