Woman identified as Yulia Storozhuk is accused of abusing a small child. (Screenshot: Sunny Isles Beach Police Department)
A Florida police investigator commended a witness for turning over video evidence of a mother accused of brutalizing her 3-year-old son, the officer told Law&Crime Network’s Jesse Weber on Thursday.
“This is an easy case from the standpoint of proof,” Detective Sgt. Javier Estevez said in the interview.
Yulia Storozhuk, 29, faces child abuse charges in Miami-Dade County after she allegedly threw and kicked her son down a hallway in an apartment building.
“It’s one of the worst things I’ve seen in 22 years as an officer,” Estevez said.
According to an arrest affidavit, Sunny Isles police responded on Monday.
A neighbor gave Ring camera footage in which Storozhuk was recorded on Sunday night grabbing the 3-year-old son with both hands, lifting him off the ground and throwing him to the floor, documents stated.
“While the victim is on the ground, defendant maliciously kicks the victim twice,” officers wrote. “Defendant then grabs the victim by the face and pushes him to the ground as the victim is attempting to get up. Defendant repeatedly kicks the victim while exiting the camera view.”
A second Ring camera showed her push the child in the chest, knocking him to the floor, police wrote.
