NY tattoo artist who inked 10-yr-old arrested right after boy's mother: Police

Luke Gentile

October 19, 03:40 PM Oct 19, 03:40 PM

The tattoo artist accountable for inking a 10-12 months-previous boy in New York was arrested Saturday, authorities reported.

Austin Smith, 20, was taken into custody by the City of Lloyd Law enforcement Department and charged with unlawfully working with a boy or girl in the second diploma and endangering the welfare of a little one.

Mom IN NEW YORK ARRESTED After Allowing Young SON GET TATTOO: Police

The suspect, who was unveiled on an overall look ticket, is scheduled to appear in courtroom on Nov. 3.

Smith's arrest arrived much more than a 7 days after the arrest of the 10-calendar year-old's mom, Crystal Thomas.

Thomas, 33, is accused of letting her boy or girl to get a tattoo of his name at a "transient" resort in Highland, New York.

She permitted her 10-12 months-outdated to obtain "a massive long lasting ink tattoo on his overall body," in accordance to the Lloyd Police Division.

"She wasn’t in the home with him," Police Main James Janso reported.

Authorities were being produced informed of the incident after the youthful boy went to his university nurse and questioned for Vaseline to place on the tattoo.

Youngster Protecting Services has considering that eradicated the boy from his mother since it is illegal for children underneath 18 in New York to get tattoos.