Overview
- Kerri Aherne, 43, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to counts including attempted murder, assault and child endangerment.
- Prosecutors say she bought a knife inside Macy’s on Dec. 11, went to a seventh-floor restroom and stabbed a 39-year-old tourist changing her 10-month-old.
- The victim suffered two stab wounds to the back and lacerations requiring stitches, and her baby fell from the table but was not injured.
- The woman’s boyfriend and store security restrained Aherne until police arrested her at the scene; she remains in custody with a Feb. 11 court date.
- Prosecutors said Aherne reported hearing voices and wanting prison over a return to a hospital, and multiple outlets report she was released from a psychiatric ward earlier that day.