‘Autistic’ uncle faces charges for chucking baby girl down trash chute of NYC building: cops

An “autistic” Staten Island man who allegedly hurled his 1-year-old niece three floors down a trash chute has been slapped with charges for the deranged stunt, cops and sources said Wednesday. 

Aaron Henderson, 39, was charged with assault, unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child for allegedly dropping the tot down the chute inside the family’s building on Steuben Street near Weser Avenue in Park Hill around 3:15 p.m. Monday, authorities said. 

The girl’s dad was in the bathroom when the alarming incident unfolded, law enforcement sources said. 

When he stepped out of the restroom, he asked where his daughter was – and his brother replied that he’d dropped her down the chute, the sources said.

Both of the girl’s parents rushed down to the first floor, where they heard their baby daughter crying in the chute, according to the sources.

The panicked mom and dad broke the door open and pulled their daughter from the chute nearly unscathed, the sources said.

She was taken to Richmond University Medical Center with scratches on her head, face and body, cops and sources said.

Meanwhile, the uncle – who the family described as autistic – was hospitalized for a psychological evaluation, the sources said.

The child’s father said he’d never seen his brother act that way before, according to the sources.

The NYPD had no prior encounters with Henderson, either through arrests or “emotionally disturbed person incidents,” authorities said.

He was expected to be arraigned in Richmond County Criminal Court Wednesday.