NY tattoo artist who inked 10-year-old arrested after boy's mom: Police

The tattoo artist accountable for inking a 10-year-old boy in New York was arrested Saturday, authorities mentioned.

Austin Smith, 20, was taken into custody by the City of Lloyd Police Division and charged with unlawfully coping with a baby within the second diploma and endangering the welfare of a kid.

MOTHER IN NEW YORK ARRESTED AFTER LETTING YOUNG SON GET TATTOO: POLICE

The suspect, who was launched on an look ticket, is scheduled to look in court docket on Nov. 3.

Smith's arrest got here greater than per week after the arrest of the 10-year-old's mom, Crystal Thomas.

Thomas, 33, is accused of permitting her youngster to get a tattoo of his identify at a "transient" lodge in Highland, New York.

She allowed her 10-year-old to obtain "a big everlasting ink tattoo on his physique," based on the Lloyd Police Division.

"She wasn’t within the room with him," Police Chief James Janso mentioned.

Authorities had been made conscious of the incident after the younger boy went to his college nurse and requested for Vaseline to placed on the tattoo.

Youngster Protecting Providers has since eliminated the boy from his mom as a result of it's unlawful for youngsters underneath 18 in New York to get tattoos.