Robber Knocks Out Mom As She Walks With Son In Queens, Police Say

QUEENS, NY — An East Flatbush man was arrested Tuesday after he knocked out a mother walking with her son in Ozone Park Monday afternoon, police said.

Derrick Chrise, 57, allegedly approached the 35-year-old mom, who was out with her 4-year-old, and demanded her property in front of 94-20 84th St. around 2 p.m., the NYPD said.

He then punched her in the face, head, chest and back — knocking her unconscious — took her purse and fled west on 84th Street, police said.

Good Samaritans chased Chirse behind another building on 84th Street, but he climbed onto the roof of an Atlantic Avenue CVS Pharmacy and fled in an unknown direction, police said.

The mother suffered bruising and swelling and was treated and released from a nearby hospital, the NYPD said. Her boy was unharmed, but Chirse got away with her purse, police said.

Chirse was charged with robbery, criminal possession of stolen property and endangering the welfare of a child in connection with the crime, police said.

(Lead image: Police say this man knocked out a woman walking with her son in Ozone Park. Photo courtesy of the NYPD)