An “autistic” Staten Island man who allegedly hurled his 1-year-old niece three flooring down a trash chute has been slapped with prices for the deranged stunt, cops and sources mentioned Wednesday.
Aaron Henderson, 39, was charged with assault, illegal imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a kid for allegedly dropping the tot down the chute contained in the household’s constructing on Steuben Avenue close to Weser Avenue in Park Hill round 3:15 p.m. Monday, authorities mentioned.
The woman’s dad was within the rest room when the alarming incident unfolded, legislation enforcement sources mentioned.
When he stepped out of the restroom, he requested the place his daughter was – and his brother replied that he’d dropped her down the chute, the sources mentioned.
Each of the woman’s dad and mom rushed right down to the primary flooring, the place they heard their child daughter crying within the chute, in line with the sources.
The panicked mother and pa broke the door open and pulled their daughter from the chute almost unscathed, the sources mentioned.
She was taken to Richmond College Medical Heart with scratches on her head, face and physique, cops and sources mentioned.
In the meantime, the uncle – who the household described as autistic – was hospitalized for a psychological analysis, the sources mentioned.
The kid’s father mentioned he’d by no means seen his brother act that approach earlier than, in line with the sources.
The NYPD had no prior encounters with Henderson, both by means of arrests or “emotionally disturbed particular person incidents,” authorities mentioned.
He was anticipated to be arraigned in Richmond County Felony Court docket Wednesday.
