Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda.Photo: Bloomington Police Department
Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, who was charged withcritically injuring a 5-year-old boyat the Mall of America in Minnesota on Friday, has a history of getting into trouble with the law.
In July 2015, Aranda was taken into custody after police responded to a call about a man “throwing things off of the upper level of the mall to the lower level,” the outlet reported, citing a2015 complaintwhich said Aranda initially resisted arrest and refused to give his name to police.
An employee from the Bare Minerals store went on to tell police that Aranda had “walked into the store, and without saying anything, swept his hand across a display table, knocking off and breaking two containers of lip gloss valued at $18.00 each and three shot glasses valued at $2.00 each,” the outlet reported.
CBS Minnesota
In the2015 complaint, police note that Aranda told officers he got “angry after he read something on the Facebook.”
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On Friday, officers responded to Aranda’s latest legal scuffle.
In a statement Friday afternoon, the mall’s management acknowledged the incident.
“Earlier today, Mall of America security was notified of an incident involving a child falling from one of the upper floors. Mall Security responded immediately as well as the Bloomington Police Department. Emergency Services were notified and responded as well. The child was treated at the scene and transported to the hospital. Bloomington Police is investigating the incident,” it said.
“The child did suffer significant injuries,” said the police chief, according toCNN. “The child has been transported to the hospital and has been receiving care.”
source: people.com
