A Brooklyn judge ordered a psych evaluation Monday for a man accused of vandalizing a 9/11 memorial in Coney Island.
Elliot Baez, 58, was charged with criminal mischief and graffiti for defacing the memorial
to Brooklyn emergency responders to the World Trade Center attacks on Friday at about 3 a.m. he was held on $ 7,500 cash bail.
Prosecutors said surveillance footage caught Baez near the memorial with a can of paint.
“He’s got a history of health problems. He has only one prior misdemeanor conviction. This is not someone who poses a danger to anyone,” said public defender Laura Guthrie.
Prosecutors said Baez also has a history of schizophrenia.
Baez admitted to officers that it was him in the video when he was shown the surveillance video of himself near the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance in Coney Island’s MCU Park — home of the Cyclones baseball team., prosecutors said.
Video footage shows Elliot Baez vandalizing the 9/11 memorial.Photo: DCPI
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