Woman Arrested After Allegedly Dumping Popcorn on a 2-Year Old During a Movie

A New York woman was arrested after dumping popcorn on a 2-year old during a movie.

According to reports, A New York woman and her father are accused of endangering the welfare of a child after the woman dumped a bucket of popcorn on a 2-year-old girl during a showing of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in a Long Island theater in January.

The New York Post reports, Keri Karman, 25, and her father Charles Karman, 61, were arrested Friday in connection to the January 2nd incident. Karman reportedly became angry when the young child was seated next to her spoke while the movie was playing.

The child’s mother says her daughter was asking her for a snack and said “popcorn,” when Karman leaned over, grabbed the bucket from her hand and dumped it over the child’s head, The New York Post reported. Karman then hit the child in the head with the empty bucket, bruising her head, according to the child’s mother. 

While Karman did not comment, her friend claims that the popcorn accidentally spilled and hit the two-year-old. The friend said the child’s mother became angry with Karman after she asked her to quiet her child.

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