NYPD Captain is charged with smashing his girlfriend's head off his dashboard and then chasing her down after she tried to flee, dragging her back to the vehicle and repeatedly punching her

An NYPD captain previously sued by a female staffer for alleged sexual harassment has been accused of beating and kidnapping a date in New Jersey, prosecutors have revealed.

Hariton Marachilian, 45, was arrested last week over the alleged December 2022 attack, which the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday said saw him first choke the unidentified woman into submission and leave 'visible marks' on her neck.

The assault, officials allege, continued with the Iraq War vet repeatedly striking the woman's head against the dashboard of his car, before punching her several times in the face.

This persisted for 'what felt like hours' both inside and outside the car, prosecutors contend in their legal complaint, which left the 19-year officer's December 1 arrest nearly a year to the day from the alleged assault.

That affidavit claims the woman had either recently left Marachilian or informed him she was ending the relationship, leading him to engage in the alleged assault. It further insists the officer - who has had a litany of allegations against him - 'has a history of stalking, harassment or terroristic threats.'

Cops confirmed in an email that he has since been put on unpaid leave in addition to his recent arrest -  based on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, criminal coercion, and criminal restraint currently leveled against the longtime staffer.

'The individual is suspended without pay,' a DCPI Spokesperson told DailyMail.com.

The complaint filed in Passaic County court goes on to contend that the woman was able to escape from Marachilian's vehicle during his alleged assault, but was again brutalized after the off-duty officer chased her down.

At that point, Marachilian 'picked [his date] up over his head and threw her to the ground,' the document states - before dragging her back to the vehicle to drive to another location where he 'repeatedly punched' her. 

As the was happening, the captain allegedly took the woman’s phone, but was forced to cease the attack when a witness called police after the woman 'begged' for help.

The initial argument, the affidavit states, began in the parking lot of a restaurant the pair had visited in Paterson with friends.

At some point, the conversation turned serious - and eventually, physical - when it turned to the two's apparently ending relationship, the document states.

Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes added that authorities had been long looking into the incident - probing it for the past year as a domestic violence dispute that took place on December 10 of last year.

The press release from Valdes's office this past Thursday announcing Marachilian's arrest pegged him 'as the actor who kidnapped and assaulted a female victim causing her to sustain serious injuries,' before detailing the stark penalty he faces for the kidnapping charge, and more for the other allegations.

'The sentencing exposure for [Marachilian] on First Degree Kidnapping is 15-30 years [in] New Jersey State Prison with 85 percent of the term to be served before parole eligibility pursuant to the No Early Release Act,' the release states.

If released at that point, the officer would be required to undergo 'five years of parole supervision,' with no path back into the city's police force.

For the second degree aggravated assault charges - of which there are two - Valdes's office writes that 'the exposure is 5-10 years [in] New Jersey State Prison with 85 percent of the term to be served before parole... for each charge.'

The Third Degree Criminal Restraint and Criminal Coercion charges, meanwhile, carry an exposure of three to five years in New Jersey State Prison for each charge, prosecutors said.

The release added that as the case against the officer continues, the victim will remain unidentified as per the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act - the law being used to prosecute the defendant.

That said, Valdes's newly finished probe found the woman had injuries to her legs and feet - allegedly from being dragged - as well as bruises and swelling to her nose and face and cuts to her eyes. 

The bleeding, Paterson police who responded to the alleged assault said, came from the victim's nose and face, while Marachilian - who at this point was not arrested and allowed to continue his $194,000 a year for nearly a year - was unmarked.  

Upon being questioned, the former Marine told first-responders he was 'having an affair' with the woman, the court papers said, though she allegedly told officers they were just friends. 

The affidavit goes on to state how the woman told cops she had either recently left Marachilian or informed him she was ending their relationship before the alleged assault took place.

It also cites the NYPD officer's checkered history when it comes to women and his behavior - including a suit alleging sexual harassment filed by fellow Police Captain Sharon Carolyn Balli in 2020, and a settled one alleging lewd behavior from Marachilian by another officer in 2014.

That suit reportedly settled for $800,000, and can be seen on a website that compiles data on misconduct by NYPD officers.   

According to Civilian Complaint Review Board records, Marchilian has had at least six other complaints filed against him during his tenure with the NYPD, and nearly 20 allegations of wrongdoing.

Stemming from all the way back to 2007, most deal with alleged abuses of police authority - like the unsubstantiated stop and frisk of a 61-year-old black male in 2008.

A near-identical incident that was also found to be unsubstantiated involved a 37-year-old black male who also claimed to have been illegally stopped by the top cop, and unproven allegations of physical force alleged by white, Hispanic, and Asian victims, most of them women ranging in age from 18 to 76.

However, within the mass of allegations, only two of the complaints, both dealing with abuse of authority, were found to be substantiated, the records show. 

One involved the illegal search of a premises earlier this year, and the search of a 60-year-old black male in 2015.

Balli, meanwhile, as the first female Indian-Guyanese ever made captain, alleged in her still-ongoing suit that Marachilian regularly engaged in 'boy’s club' behavior in latter part of the last decade when they worked together, and regularly asked her about her sex life.

“Do you have great sex?” and “You need to have more sex,” she recalled him saying, according to a correspondence sent to the City Comptroller at the time revealing her plans to sue.

It further claimed Marachilian - who was added to the New York State Senate Veteran’s Hall of Fame in 2017 for his time the 1st Marine Division as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom - tried to get into their shared executive bathroom on 'several occasion[sic] from December 2019 to June 2020 while [she was] taking a shower.'   

Marchilian, meanwhile, joined the force in 2004, and assumed the post of captain in 2019. As of August 1, the officer - a resident of affluent Oyster Bay - was assigned on patrol in Brooklyn North, and cops confirmed Sunday that his suspension went into effect on November 30, the day before his arrest.

Prosecutors have requested for him remain in pretrial detention until a court date is confirmed - a matter that will be heard at a scheduled appearance before a judge on December 12.

He will remain on the streets until then, officials said.