{"id":1375693,"date":"2022-03-14T11:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1375693"},"modified":"2022-03-14T11:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:08:13","slug":"nyc-man-with-lengthy-rap-sheet-accused-of-flipping-wagon-carrying-toddler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-man-with-lengthy-rap-sheet-accused-of-flipping-wagon-carrying-toddler\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Man with Lengthy Rap Sheet Accused of Flipping Wagon Carrying Toddler"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-man-with-lengthy-rap-sheet-accused-of-flipping-wagon-carrying-toddler%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1375693&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A New York City man with eight prior arrests and an alleged history of assaulting children is accused of attacking a toddler who was sitting in a wagon Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the incident occurred around 6:15 a.m. near Robinson Street and 45th Avenue in Flushing, a neighborhood in Queens, the New York <em>Daily News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/nyc-crime\/ny-queens-man-busted-for-flipping-over-stroller-20220311-d7xj7exfabfrtjes7me4ixzkca-story.html\">reported<\/a>. Christopher Elder, 31, allegedly accosted and began shouting at 48-year-old Maria Zamora, who was taking out the trash, while her 3-year-old granddaughter Sophia sat in a wagon, the <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/12\/queens-man-charged-in-unprovoked-flipping-of-stroller-with-child\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A criminal complaint obtained by the <em>Post<\/em> alleges Elder grabbed onto the wagon that carried Sophia and began shaking it before kicking it into the street.<\/p>\n<p>Sophia sustained a facial laceration after landing on the pavement and was taken to a hospital for stitches, per the <em>Daily News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cShe\u2019s very scared, she has too much pain in her face,\u201d Sophia\u2019s uncle, Juan Loja, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/suspect-charged-in-unprovoked-attack-on-2-year-old-in-queens-police\/3595763\/\">told<\/a> WNBC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NYC man with lengthy rap sheet charged in unprovoked flipping of stroller carrying toddler <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G9I0mTzdke\">https:\/\/t.co\/G9I0mTzdke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cO4DOWIbT6\">pic.twitter.com\/cO4DOWIbT6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1502766655386095622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zamora phoned the police, who apprehended Elder near 45th Avenue and Kissena Boulevard, according to the <em>Daily News<\/em>. Elder underwent a psychiatric evaluation at a hospital later Friday.\u00a0He was arraigned Saturday and charged with third-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and second-degree harassment, online court records <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/webcrim_attorney\/Detail?which=charge&#038;docketNumber=z4Ja6hAL3X67CfHWeywrDA==&#038;countyId=MLoObCwRaAo7q7oAHSL3AQ==&#038;docketId=ldlZyAzG9k1dAqtXP1U_PLUS_KQ==&#038;docketDseq=o6PDyKIx4BvSfbvyCgDnHw==&#038;defendantName=Elder,+Christopher&#038;court=Queens+Criminal+Court&#038;courtType=L&#038;recordType=C&#038;recordNum=2dlnqMhOCxfnvDQ5yPqhiA==\">show<\/a>. He is being held on a $10,000 cash bond.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NYPD cops have charged Christopher Elder for flipping over a stroller on a Queens street, injuring a 3-year-old girl seated inside.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UYI6Mf4IPD\">https:\/\/t.co\/UYI6Mf4IPD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYDailyNews\/status\/1502672299211870219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Luja said the family had seen Elder in their neighborhood before, and they are now terrified to stay in their residence, according to WNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes before he allegedly attacked little Sophia and accosted her grandmother, he was allegedly banging on the door of his uncle, who has a protection order against him and lives in the same building as the Zamoras, according to the <em>Post<\/em>. A criminal complaint obtained by the outlet notes he kicked the door so violently it came off the hinges. He was charged with criminal mischief and criminal contempt on Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig told the <em>Daily News<\/em> that Elder has eight prior arrests on his rap sheet, most of which were for unprovoked assaults. Last December, he allegedly attacked a mother and her nine-year-old daughter in Queens, court documents state.<\/p>\n<p>The woman, who did not want to be identified, told WNBC that she noticed Elder was about to strike her daughter, so she grabbed the nine-year-old to shield her. She says Elder then began hitting both of them:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>He hit me mostly in the back of my head, my back. He ended up hitting my daughter too, in the face,, on the forehead. Afterwards, when he was done hitting us on the floor, I was just so upset that nobody helped, nobody stopped him and I\u2019m even more mad that he did it again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The concerned mother then laid into New York state lawmakers for being soft on crime:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>I think you guys should wake up and make changes. Or maybe you guys are just waiting for something to happen to your loved ones in order for change to be made. Or you guys just want him to kill someone in order for him to go to jail. He\u2019s not gonna stop and all these other individuals are not gonna stop as well. I think enough is enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>He was booked on assault and harassment charges in connection to the incident, though the Queen\u2019s Prosecutor\u2019s Office said bail was set in the case, the <em>New York Post<\/em> reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The same day he allegedly attacked the mother and her nine-year-old, he allegedly slugged a 66-year-old man in the face, the <em>Post<\/em> noted.\u00a0<\/span>Police said that on February 25, he allegedly used a glass bottle to hit a 30-year-old man in the head in Queens, according to the outlet. He was charged with assault with intent to cause physical injury with a weapon and second-degree harassment, online court records <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/webcrim_attorney\/Detail?which=charge&#038;docketNumber=_PLUS_IkKspgsU5y8g5pPuZdDpA==&#038;countyId=MLoObCwRaAo7q7oAHSL3AQ==&#038;docketId=5U5ECLIs\/kPolv4oR8u8SQ==&#038;docketDseq=o6PDyKIx4BvSfbvyCgDnHw==&#038;defendantName=Elder,+Christopher&#038;court=Queens+Criminal+Court&#038;courtType=L&#038;recordType=C&#038;recordNum=IpfCZgsFllirXiNhKbrtNQ==\">show<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York City man with eight prior arrests and an alleged history of assaulting children is accused of attacking a toddler who was sitting in a wagon Friday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1375693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1375693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1375693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1375693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}