DA says child was ‘beaten and abused beyond comprehension’

CAIRO―A young girl remains in critical condition after allegedly being assaulted by her mother’s purported boyfriend, a man who authorities confirmed Friday has a lengthy criminal history.

It was around 4:14 p.m. on Wednesday that Greene County 911 dispatched EMS to an apartment on Main Street in Cairo for a report of a three-year-old girl found unconscious and bleeding from the mouth.

The child was noted to have several visible injuries and was treated at the scene before being airlifted to Albany Medical Center, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

Lameik Shakur Wilson, 24, of Cairo was arrested by the Greene County Sheriff's Office on Thursday and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.

Wilson was arraigned in Catskill Town Court and remanded to the Greene County Jail without bail. The child’s mother is reportedly cooperating with authorities.

“The crime for which Wilson is currently charged is a horrific offense,” Greene County District Attorney Joseph Stanzione said Friday.

“Apparently, a defenseless three-year-old child was beaten and abused beyond comprehension,” he said.

Wilson is not originally from the area, Stanzione noted. Public records show he previously lived in Rochester.

However, Wilson was already known to local law enforcement after being arrested several times since last May.

“This past summer, Wilson was charged with public lewdness.  It was a disgusting offense displayed in public,” Stanzione said, referring to a May 21 arrest by the Town of Cairo Police Department.

“He was investigated for masturbating inside of the library and arrested quickly afterwards,” Cairo Police Sergeant-in-Charge Rick Busch confirmed.

Wilson was convicted and sent to jail, but Stanzione said, “Unfortunately, public lewdness is merely a Class B misdemeanor for which the maximum sentence is a 90-day sentence, for which a defendant actually serves only 60 days.”

Then, as the result of a June 4 arrest by State Police in Cairo, Wilson was convicted of attempted petit larceny and placed on probation.

State Police arrested Wilson in Cairo again on July 3 and charged him with two counts of forcible touching, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned and sent to the Greene County Jail in lieu of bail but was later released.

But Stanzione said Wilson also allegedly violated the terms of his probation.

“A hearing date on the violation was to be scheduled. The goal of my office was to achieve a conviction on the violation and have him again sentenced to jail,” said Stanzione.

“Unfortunately, a hearing date had not yet been set before the current crime was committed,” Stanzione added.

Wilson’s other prior convictions include second-degree attempted robbery in Monroe County in September of 2018. He was sentenced to two years in prison.

Then in January of 2023, he was convicted in Columbia County on one count of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate and served 22 months in state prison. While incarcerated in an Oneida County facility in December of 2024, he was also convicted of second-degree promoting prison contraband and sentenced to time served, Stanzione said

State records show Wilson was released from prison in February of 2025.

The investigation into Wednesday’s assault remains ongoing and anyone with possible information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 518-943-3300. The child remained in critical condition on Friday, according to the sheriff’s office.

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