A woman was arrested Thursday afternoon after allegedly stabbing a tourist inside the Macy’s flagship store in New York City, according to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kerri Aherne, 43, from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, allegedly stabbed the tourist multiple times as she was changing her infant daughter’s diaper in a seventh floor restroom at Macy\u2019s Herald Square location, the New York Police Department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The baby was uninjured, and the victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, according to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aherne allegedly stabbed the tourist, who was visiting Manhattan from California, in her back and arm from behind just before 3 p.m. before her husband disarmed the suspect and held her until police arrived<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said that both the victim and her husband work for the LASD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aherne was charged with two counts of assault, attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and endangering the welfare of a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was ordered held without bail after appearing in court on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office said Aherne was previously arrested in Massachusetts for threatening to kill Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The woman told police she has been hospitalized for psychiatric problems.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n