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A four-month-old baby was the victim of a bizarre crime Friday night when a man allegedly hit him with his baby bottle outside a southside liquor store.
Shortly before 10 p.m., the man walked up to the baby and his mom outside the Liquor Depot near 110 Street and 51 Avenue and took the bottle. He then allegedly hit the child on the nose with the bottle's nipple and later flicked him on the face with his finger, police said.
'WASN'T HARMED'
"The baby wasn't harmed," said police spokesman Patrycia Chalupczynska. "Afterwards, it had a red mark on its forehead. It doesn't appear that the child went to hospital."
Police, though, came on the scene after the mom started screaming for help. Before they arrived, people nearby held onto the suspect. Cops have now charged a man as a result with assault and, due to the use of the baby bottle, assault with a weapon.
"It's important to remember that alcohol was a factor in this incident," said Chalupczynska.
'POSSIBLE CHARGES'
Asked whether police would charge someone for a similarly minor assault against an adult, Chalupczynska said they could. "I believe if someone did that to an adult, there could be possible charges," she said.
Still, she noted that "you shouldn't go up to people and hit their babies.
"Because it's a baby, it makes it a little more sensitive," she said of Friday's incident.
Charged in the case is Mark Robert Nugent, 45. Besides the assault allegations, he faces a further charge of possession of a weapon.
I can't believe that they had to "note" that you shouldn't go up to people and hit their babies.. That's practically suicide, guaranteed a grade "A" ass-whoopin!
Shortly before 10 p.m., the man walked up to the baby and his mom outside the Liquor Depot near 110 Street and 51 Avenue and took the bottle. He then allegedly hit the child on the nose with the bottle's nipple and later flicked him on the face with his finger, police said.
'WASN'T HARMED'
"The baby wasn't harmed," said police spokesman Patrycia Chalupczynska. "Afterwards, it had a red mark on its forehead. It doesn't appear that the child went to hospital."
Police, though, came on the scene after the mom started screaming for help. Before they arrived, people nearby held onto the suspect. Cops have now charged a man as a result with assault and, due to the use of the baby bottle, assault with a weapon.
"It's important to remember that alcohol was a factor in this incident," said Chalupczynska.
'POSSIBLE CHARGES'
Asked whether police would charge someone for a similarly minor assault against an adult, Chalupczynska said they could. "I believe if someone did that to an adult, there could be possible charges," she said.
Still, she noted that "you shouldn't go up to people and hit their babies.
"Because it's a baby, it makes it a little more sensitive," she said of Friday's incident.
Charged in the case is Mark Robert Nugent, 45. Besides the assault allegations, he faces a further charge of possession of a weapon.
I can't believe that they had to "note" that you shouldn't go up to people and hit their babies.. That's practically suicide, guaranteed a grade "A" ass-whoopin!