Cherry Hill Pimp Kidnapped, Assaulted Girlfriend, Police Say

A Cherry Hill man who was allegedly pimping his girlfriend was arrested early Monday morning after kidnapping her from Pennsauken, then beating and choking her, Cherry Hill Police said.

Christopher Alphonso, 28, forced the victim into a cab in Pennsauken, police said, then attacked her on the way to their shared home on Oak Avenue—the same home where police broke up an alleged brothel earlier this year.

Officers found the cab outside the Wawa at Church and Cooper Landing roads after responding to a disturbance call there and arrested Alphonso. Pennsuaken Police then notified Cherry Hill officers that Alphonso had kidnapped the victim from the neighboring township.

Cherry Hill Police charged Alphonso with third-degree aggravated assault, and took him to Pennsauken Police after processing. Pennsauken officers then charged him with second-degree aggravated assault and kidnapping.

Alphonso is currently in the Camden County Jail on $7,500 full cash bail for the Cherry Hill charge, and has yet to have bail set for the Pennsauken charges.

The cabdriver, Abdias Cabrera, 35, of Woodlynne, was also charged in Pennsauken with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, police said. His bail has not yet been set.