Former UFC fighter allegedly beat and raped pregnant girlfriend

A former mixed martial arts fighter from Edgewater was arrested Thursday morning on charges of beating and raping his pregnant girlfriend, police said.

The 36-year-old victim went to Halifax Health Medical Center to undergo a rape exam; the allegation is currently under investigation, police said.

According to court records, Edgewater police officers arrested 44-year-old Richard “Cleat” Crunkilton Jr. at 2:24 a.m. Thursday at his Magnolia Street home and charged him with aggravated assault on a pregnant woman.

Crunkilton was being held at the Volusia County Branch Jail on $5,000 bail Thursday.

“You’re not moving out”

Edgewater police said Crunkilton’s girlfriend, who is three months pregnant, called them Thursday and said Crunkilton hit her as she was packing her things to leave him. The woman and Crunkilton had been living together for six months, police said.