Yonkers Man Found Guilty in Tire Iron Assault

A Yonkers man faces 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend with a tire iron earlier this year.

A jury found Christopher Walters, 26,  guilty of  second-degree assault, a D felony; third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a D felony;  aggravated criminal contempt, a D felony; first-degree criminal contempt, an E felony; and  endangering the welfare of a child, an A misdemeanor. The verdict was reached Wednesday evening.

On March 29, 2011, Yonkers Police responded to St. Joseph’s Hospital and spoke to a 21-year-old Yonkers woman who was being treated for a broken finger and lacerations to her head and hand. The woman told police that her boyfriend, Walters, assaulted her with a tire iron at her Stanley Avenue apartment.

The victim had an order of protection filed against Walters at the time of the incident.

When police arrived at the woman’s home, they found Walters standing on the roof of the building and threatening to jump.

Emergency service unit officers from Yonkers and New York City eventually took Walter into custody and transported him to a local hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Walters is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 24.