A serial rock-thrower in New Jersey was busted after allegedly hurling a baseball-sized stone into a school bus that struck a third-grade student in the head, fracturing her skull, authorities said.
Hernando Garciamorales, 40, was booked Friday after chucking the large object that shattered the bus glass and hit the eight-year-old girl returning from a class field trip on the New Jersey Turnpike in Teaneck Township Wednesday afternoon, according to New Jersey State Police.
The young girl, who was forced to undergo surgery, was the only one injured in the incident.
The bus was returning to Yeshiviat Noam, a Jewish school in Paramus, from the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City when it was struck by the rock, ABC News reported.
Following a two-day search, Garciamorales, of Palisades Park, was located and arrested at a self-made campsite within Old Croaker County Park in Bergen County, police said.
Authorities added that the investigation also linked him to several other rock-throwing incidents in the area.
There were reportedly no markings on the bus identifying it as being from a Jewish school, so the motive is still being probed.
Garciamorales was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal mischief, resisting arrest by flight, and hindering.
He is being held at the Bergen County jail pending a detention hearing.
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