A woman dumped her popcorn on a two-year-old at the movies and started hitting the tot after the child asked her mother for a treat, police say.
Keri Karman, 25, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after she attacked a two-year-old she did not know in Long Island, New York.
She was at the movie theater with her father, Charles Karman, 61, when a little girl near her asked her mother for some popcorn.
Keri dumped her popcorn on the child’s head and started hitting her with it after she told the tot to be quiet.
Keri Karman, 25, (left) and her father, Charles Karman, 61, (right) were charged with endangering the welfare of a child on Friday. Keri attacked a two-year-old at a Long Island, New York, movie theater in January after the child asked her mother for popcorn
The incident occurred on January 2, but the pair was finally charged Friday with endangering the welfare of the child.
Charles Karman was charged as well because he failed to stop the incident when it happened.
Keri allegedly started cussing at the 28-year-old mother of the child after she snapped and told her to be quiet.
The 25-year-old then clamped her hand around the child’s mouth, dumped her popcorn on top of the girl, and proceeded to hit her across the head with the bin.
The pair fled the movie theater once the child started crying.
Nassau County police were alerted of the incident after the two-year-old went to the doctors that same day complaining of head pain.
The police searched surveillance footage and movie theater receipts to identify the pair involved in the incident.
They arrested the Karmans, who live in Baldwin, on Friday at 3.30pm. It is unclear what sentence they might face from the incident.