A grown man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly whipping a younger boy with a belt and hurling anti-gay statements at him close to a Manhattan playground earlier this 12 months.
Kevin Maxwell, 37, was cuffed simply earlier than 1 a.m. on Sunday for allegedly assaulting the 12-year-old boy close to a playground on the NYCHA Baruch Homes on the Decrease East Facet on the night of April 29, in line with the NYPD.
Maxwell, of Brooklyn, allegedly approached the pre-teen and yelled vile anti-LGBTQIA+ statements at him earlier than placing him with a belt, cops mentioned.
“Are you silly or one thing? You homosexual f—. Shut the f–okay up,” Maxwell allegedly informed the boy, Pix 11 reported on the time.
The 12-year-old boy sustained minor accidents within the hateful assault. Maxwell fled the scene and remained on the lam for a number of months.
He was charged with two counts of hate crime assault, three counts of assault, performing in a fashion injurious to a toddler, hate crime/menacing, and menacing, police mentioned.
Police beforehand launched a sketch of a bearded suspect carrying a hooded sweatshirt.
