A child woman was clinging to life Saturday after allegedly being punched within the head by a Bronx man, police mentioned.
Jerome Thomas, 19, was hit with first-degree assault and baby endangerment expenses for allegedly slamming his closed fist into the one-year-old’s head inside a Woodstock condominium round 2:30 a.m. Thursday, cops mentioned.
When police responded to a name about somebody needing assist, they allegedly discovered Thomas, a 25-year-old lady and the battered child, who was semi-conscious, contained in the Union Avenue condominium, authorities mentioned Saturday.
The toddler was taken to Harlem Hospital in important however secure situation, police mentioned.
It’s unclear whether or not the lady or Thomas are the newborn’s organic mother and father, or what the connection was between the 2 adults, police mentioned.
NYPD detectives had been seen hauling proof luggage out of the condominium Saturday afternoon.
Neighbor Nicole LaCroix mentioned the trio was new to the constructing, and she or he was underneath the impression Thomas and the lady had been courting.
“I spent a bit time with the mom, and I suppose the boyfriend one evening, simply because they had been new to the realm, and we had been simply exhibiting them the place among the shops are and various things like that. Being useful, as a neighbor, as a result of I’m a bit older than the younger girl,” mentioned LaCroix, who recalled spending time with the toddler.
“I held the newborn, you realize, as a result of we spent a bit time with one another. She was enjoying with my telephone – she was an lively one yr outdated.”
LaCroix mentioned her daughter heard “arguments” coming from the trio’s condominium, and she or he wished she would have “stepped in and helped.”
One other neighbor who solely gave the identify Maurice referred to as the stomach-churning incident a “shock.”
Thomas pleaded not responsible to the fees throughout his arraignment in Bronx Felony Court docket Saturday, the place a decide ordered him remanded with out bail.
His subsequent courtroom date is Sept. 4. His lawyer couldn’t be reached for remark.
