Man Who Punched Kids In Williamsburg Arrested: Cops

WILLIAMSBRUG, BROOKLYN — Police have arrested a homeless man who they say punched a 9-year-old and a 16-year-old in a seemingly unprovoked attack on Tuesday.

Charles Matthews, 26, was charged with three counts of assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of a weapon just after 8 p.m., police said.

Officers had been looking for Matthews after he was caught on surveillance video that morning punching a 16-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy in the back of the head inside the Bushwick Houses' lobby. Matthews had run away from the Flushing Avenue housing complex after the incident.

Both of the victims suffered pain and swelling from the attack and were taken to Brooklyn Hospital to be treated.

Photo provided by NYPD video.