A Chelsea man charged with viciously beating a pregnant woman on Sunday was held without bail today pending a hearing at which prosecutors will argue that he cannot be safely released before trial, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said today.

JOSE JOBSON (D.O.B. 5/31/83) was arraigned this morning in Dorchester District Court on charges of assault with intent to murder, mayhem, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, aggravated assault and battery, unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm, failure to stop for police, resisting arrest, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, and a litany of motor vehicle offenses.

Assistant District Attorney Christina Corda recommended that Jobson be held pending a hearing under Massachusetts General Laws Ch. 276, Sect. 58A, which allow defendants to be held without bail if “no conditions will reasonably assure the safety of any other person or the community.” Dorchester District Court Judge Rosalind Miller granted that request, scheduling the hearing for April 26, and also ordered that Jobson have no contact with the victim or any witnesses while the case is active.

Corda also moved to have Jobson’s open bail on an unrelated Somerville case revoked; Miller did not rule on that motion but indicated that she would decide the matter next week.

Jobson is accused of a vicious assault on a 22-year-old woman with whom he had been involved in a romantic relationship. At about 3:30 Sunday afternoon, Boston Police responded to a Nightingale Street residence to find the 8-months-pregnant victim suffering from burns, lacerations, and burns. Tufts of hair appeared to have been torn from her head.

“What was done to her was, in a word, monstrous,” Conley said.

Others present at the residence told the officers that “Jose did this.” They also told officers that Jobson had called the residence from the victim’s cell phone a short time earlier, that they had heard what they believed was an attack upon the victim through the cell phone, and that the attack had continued inside the residence.

Witnesses told the officers that Jobson had produced a gun and pointed it at the victim and two other people inside the residence before fleeing. Witnesses said he had taken three children with him in a green Ford Expedition.

Additional Boston Police observed Jobson’s vehicle and attempted to stop it. Jobson allegedly refused their commands, speeding and weaving along Columbia Road, Geneva Avenue, Blue Hill Avenue, and ultimately to Hazelwood Court.

Boston Police ordered Jobson out of the car. Jobson allegedly refused to do so. In the confrontation that followed, Jobson allegedly struck one officer, drawing blood, and attempted to strangle another. It took five officers to extricate him from the vehicle, and during the fracas on of them recovered a loaded .22 caliber Phoenix Arms handgun loaded with eight rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber.

The victim was rushed to Boston Medical Center, where, in light of her injuries, doctors were forced to induce labor. She gave birth to a baby girl who was in good health as of today.

“It’s by the grace of God that the baby wasn’t seriously injured or worse,” Conley said, “but she’s no less a victim for that good fortune.”

Also transported to the hospital were the three children Jobson had taken from Nightingale Street. They were physically unharmed and were released to the victim’s mother.

Jobson was represented today by attorney Anne Rousseve.