{"id":353240,"date":"2026-09-22T06:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353240\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T06:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:14:23","slug":"victim-allegedly-assaulted-by-nyc-maniac-accused-of-later-trying-to-kidnap-4-year-old-slams-revolving-door-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/353240\/","title":{"rendered":"Victim allegedly assaulted by NYC maniac accused of later trying to kidnap 4-year-old slams revolving-door justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 62-year-old woman pummeled on an MTA bus raged to The Post on Monday her accused attacker should not have been on the streets \u2014 where she was free to allegedly snatch a tot from his grandma last week.<\/p>\n<p>Thomasina Guzman, who was allegedly randomly slugged by hate-spewing maniac Chrissy Payne on Aug. 19, railed against the soft-on-crime justice system that repeatedly let the maniac go free \u2014 and warned it\u2019s just a matter of time before <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/20\/us-news\/nyc-nut-who-tried-to-kidnap-4-year-old-off-street-has-disturbing-past-authorities\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the repeat offender strikes again<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat are they waiting for? For her to have a weapon the next time and kill someone?\u201d said Guzman, who still takes shots for shoulder pain from her bus beat-down, of Payne.<\/p>\n<p>Thomasina Guzman railed against the city\u2019s courts in an interview with The Post. Thomasina Guzman<\/p>\n<p>The husband and son of assault victim Thomasina Guzman detail their beloved relative\u2019s trauma to The Post on Monday. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is unjust,\u201d the victim said. \u201cThere aren\u2019t any consequences for criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was worried because I am aware of what\u2019s going on with the court system in the city,\u201d Guzman said. \u201cThey arrest criminals, just to put them back out on the street without bail or consequence. I want to live a normal life, but the truth is, I am really scared to take the bus. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere isn\u2019t any safety left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guzman was on a city bus at Utica and Farragut avenues in Brooklyn when she was randomly assaulted, with her attacker yelling, \u201cI don\u2019t want to sit next to no white B-word,\u201d according to Brooklyn prosecutors at Payne\u2019s arraignment Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Chrissy Payne is charged with slugging Guzman last month, then trying to snatch a 4-year-old boy last week.  NYPD<\/p>\n<p>Payne had three other open misdemeanor assault cases against her at the time, including one also ruled a hate crime, but was still roaming around free because she was repeatedly cut loose thanks to the state\u2019s lax criminal justice system, which wouldn\u2019t let judges hold her.<\/p>\n<p>About a month after the attack on Guzman, Payne allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/16\/us-news\/female-stranger-tries-to-kidnap-boy-4-from-outside-nyc-mcdonalds-backs-off-when-gutsy-granny-steps-in-cops-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sprang on a 4-year-old boy and his 66-year-old grandmother<\/a> on a bench outside a Crown Heights McDonald\u2019s on Sept. 14 \u2014 telling the youngster, \u201cCome with Mama,\u201d prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Only the tot\u2019s nearby off-duty-cop mom\u2019s quick thinking saved the child, who was pulled away from the nut.<\/p>\n<p>Little Mark Gentle Roberts, 4, was saved from a would-be kidnapper by his off-duty-cop mom Sept. 14. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Payne was picked up days later on felony attempted-kidnapping charges and also hit with charges in the attack on Guzman and finally shipped off to jail on Rikers Island on $50,000 bail.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect also still faces charges for allegedly slugging a 35-year-old woman in July in the other hate crime, punching a 78-year-old woman in another city bus assault and throwing a 66-year-old woman to the ground after grabbing her hair at a Utica Avenue bus stop in April.<\/p>\n<p>She also faces petty larceny and possession of stolen property in another case. <\/p>\n<p>Payne allegedly tried to kidnap the tot outside this McDonald\u2019s in Brooklyn. Gregory P. Mango for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>The child poses with his NYPD cop mom Anyia James Roberts and father Gentle Roberts. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crazy,\u201d said Guzman\u2019s son, Erick Guzman, to The Post. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any sense. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re giving this bully a slap on the wrist every time. It\u2019s insane to happen that many times. God forbid she gets released again. What\u2019s going to happen? What is she capable of?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His dad, Heriberto Guzman, said Thomasina is now \u201clooking around\u201d when she\u2019s out on the street \u2014 and took a break to visit family in the Dominican Republic after the brazen attack. <\/p>\n<p>Thomasina said she\u2019s relieved that her accused attacker is finally behind bars but remains afraid that it\u2019s only a matter of time before she\u2019s back on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am disappointed in the way the criminal system is being handled in the city,\u201d she said. \u201cAnyone can commit a crime, cry a mental-health excuse and get released. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey continue to harm, they continue to kill people, and nothing happens.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 62-year-old woman pummeled on an MTA bus raged to The Post on Monday her accused attacker should&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[357,98,2882,7589,7372,57,9,56,63,65,64,58],"class_list":["post-353240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-assaults","tag-brooklyn","tag-child-endangerment","tag-criminal-justice-reforms","tag-kidnappings","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}