The maniac accused of randomly slapping a 6-year-old boy in Bryant Park’s Winter Village on Sunday was charged with felony assault — as cops revealed he has greater than a dozen prior arrests courting again a decade.
David Silva, 42, of the Bronx — who has 17 earlier busts on his file — whacked the teenager throughout the face with out warning round 4:50 p.m. because the boy and his dad strolled across the buzzing vacation market, authorities and sources stated.
Silva — an entire stranger to the kid — was arrested a short while later and in addition faces expenses for appearing in a way injurious to a baby, menacing and harassment, cops stated.
His most up-to-date earlier arrest was in June 2024 for hurling eggs at a stranger in Queens, police stated.
He approached that sufferer, a 38-year-old girl, at Roosevelt Avenue and 81st Avenue in Jackson Heights round 8:30 p.m. and requested her for cash, authorities stated.
When the girl refused to offer him something, he bought offended, reached into her cart and grabbed eggs that he chucked at her, inflicting ache, police stated.
He was charged with misdemeanor assault, cops stated.
The disposition of that case was not instantly identified.
Most of Silva’s earlier arrest historical past has been for misdemeanor assaults, authorities stated.
His file stretches again to November 2015, when he was arrested for disorderly conduct, police stated.
His arraignment within the assault on the 6-year-old — who was not severely injured and was handled at a police precinct — was pending Monday afternoon.
