WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (WPIX) — A Bronx tattoo parlor owner, his wife and their nanny have been accused of assaulting a 19-year-old employee of the ink shop, according to the Westchester County District Attorney.
Wayne Barnes, 44, allegedly had an ongoing affair with the Sons of Ink female employee and offered her a ride home from the Bronx tattoo shop on May 16, DA Susan Cacace said.
During the drive to her Queens home, Barnes and the victim allegedly got into an intense argument, which led to him kicking her out of the car on the Grand Central Parkway. Barnes did let her back in the car, but then allegedly assaulted the girl with a metal baton.
He then drove to pick up his wife, 42-year-old Jasmine Barnes, beating the girl along the way. Jasmine allegedly entered the car armed with a similar metal baton, wearing black gloves, and joined in on assaulting the victim as they drove back to their Hartsdale home, according to Cacace.
The couple allegedly dragged the girl into their house, pushed her down a flight of stairs and pulled her by her hair as they continued to beat her with the batons.
The nanny, 19-year-old Lizbeth Cerrato-Sanchez, was at the house looking after the Barnes’ children while this was happening, the DA said. It’s alleged that Cerrato-Sanchez joined in on the assault by punching the victim in the face while they were beating her.
The victim was eventually allowed to change out of her bloody clothes into clean ones and went home in an Uber after continuing to argue with and receive threats from the couple. She was treated the next day at a local hospital for her injuries and reported the incident to the Greenburgh Police Department.
On May 20, police arrested the Barnes couple and the nanny.
Barnes was charged with kidnapping, criminal possession of a weapon, and five counts of assault. His wife was charged with kidnapping, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of assault. She is also facing similar charges in the Bronx, according to Cacace.
Cerrato-Sanchez was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon.