Convicted Child Abuser Accused In Attack

Kaseem Bruno, the man convicted of child abuse who, in 2010, police said choked his two-month-old daughter to death with an electrical cord, was in court Thursday on charges he assaulted a housemate holding her infant child, then pressed a knife to her throat — all because she asked that he move out.

The roommate asked Bruno to vacate the Bovoni apartment Aug. 1 because he was not on the lease, according to court records. This could, she said, cause problems with the Housing Authority. Bruno, 33, “became agitated and began making statements about how no one is helping him and all the terrible things that have happened to him throughout the course of his life.”

The roommate, holding her 1-year-old son, asked Bruno to calm down. He grabbed her neck. She struggled to breathe or speak even after he released his grip, she told police. Bruno, who is 5 feet 10 inches tall and 180 pounds, then pushed the woman and infant into the child’s bassinet.

Bruno later apologized and asked to talk. When the roommate again suggested he move out, he choked her, pinned her down with his knees, and pressed a large knife against her throat, according to a charging document against Bruno.