Athens man pleads not guilty to domestic violence stabbing

Cordero Giovanny Pumadera

By Joe Johnson

An Athens man has pleaded not guilty to charges related to his arrest five months ago for stabbing his girlfriend while they were visiting Memorial Park.

Cordero Giovanny Pumadera, 37, pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault and aggravated battery for the stabbing that punctured one of Elizabeth Golem’s lungs.

The charges had been indicted under the Georgia Family Violence Act.

The incident happened on Jan. 31 during a dispute at the park on Gran Ellen Drive that escalated into violence in which Pumadera reportedly punched the victim to the ground, dragged by her hair and stabbed her once in her side.

At the time, the couple had lived together for several months on Glendale Heights.

Pumadera entered the pleas in his case during an appearance in Clarke County Superior Court.

He remains in pretrial detention without set bail at the county jail.

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