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NYPD: Woman In Custody For Allegedly Attacking 12-Year-Old With Hockey Stick In Staten Island Park

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Police have arrested a woman they said snatched a hockey stick from a 12-year-old boy and hit him with it on Staten Island last month.

The incident happened at around 4 p.m. on April 13 as Anthony Pasqualone and his friends were playing street hockey in a playground on Crispi Lane in Great Kills.

"She just like told us to, like, that her baby was sleeping. She didn't want us, like, playing and making too much noise," Pasqualone told CBS2's Hazel Sanchez.

Liam Grapes, 14, was with Anthony at the park at the time. He said the woman was carrying a baby in a stroller and left the child unattended to confront them.

"She came over, she took the sticks, and she went over to the drop over there. She went to go throw them over, but I got one of the sticks back," Liam said. "And she went to go swing at me and she missed, and she got Anthony right in the leg."

Anthony suffered swelling and bruising but did not require hospitalization, police said.

"It hurt very bad," Anthony said.

The woman left the park before police arrived.

Liudmila Kalmykova was arrested Tuesday.

Kalmykova, 40, faces assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon charges.

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