Teh One Who Knocks
05-16-2014, 11:11 AM
BY Philip Caulfield - NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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A crowbar-wielding homeless woman wandered into a California Walmart and bashed a 4-year-old child over the head with it, yelling that the tyke deserved it, police said.
Maria Garate, 18, brutally attacked the child in front of her father at a Walmart in San Jose at around 11 a.m. Wednesday, local ABC 7 News reported.
Garate struck the child twice before the dad stepped in and fought her off, cops said.
Security guards detained Garate until police arrived, and she was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
The little girl suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital.
Neither she nor her father was identified.
Her injuries were not reported to be life-threatening.
Cops said the sicko, who wore a twisted grin in her mug shot, didn't know the pair and the attack appeared to be random.
After striking the child, the crazed bludgeoner yelled the child deserved what she got, an employee told local ABC 7.
The incident took place about a half-mile from a well-known homeless camp known to locals as "the jungle," the San Jose Mercury News reported.
Cops said they'd had run-ins there with Garate before, but it wasn't known if she was living there.
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A crowbar-wielding homeless woman wandered into a California Walmart and bashed a 4-year-old child over the head with it, yelling that the tyke deserved it, police said.
Maria Garate, 18, brutally attacked the child in front of her father at a Walmart in San Jose at around 11 a.m. Wednesday, local ABC 7 News reported.
Garate struck the child twice before the dad stepped in and fought her off, cops said.
Security guards detained Garate until police arrived, and she was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
The little girl suffered serious injuries and was taken to a local hospital.
Neither she nor her father was identified.
Her injuries were not reported to be life-threatening.
Cops said the sicko, who wore a twisted grin in her mug shot, didn't know the pair and the attack appeared to be random.
After striking the child, the crazed bludgeoner yelled the child deserved what she got, an employee told local ABC 7.
The incident took place about a half-mile from a well-known homeless camp known to locals as "the jungle," the San Jose Mercury News reported.
Cops said they'd had run-ins there with Garate before, but it wasn't known if she was living there.