74-year-old woman brutally sucker-punched in face by much larger female during stroll down Manhattan sidewalk



An elderly woman was brutally sucker-punched by a much larger female in a broad daylight attack in New York City last week.

What are the details?

The unprovoked punch was captured on surveillance video as the 74-year-old victim was strolling down Madison Avenue near East 52nd Street in midtown Manhattan around 11 a.m. Wednesday, the New York Post reported.

Video shows the suspect standing near a building, bending down to pick up a duffle bag, and then suddenly punching the victim in the side of her face as she walked by, the paper said.

Image source: New York Post video screenshot

The elderly victim stumbled and fell on the sidewalk several feet away as the suspect casually walked away in the opposite direction of where the victim had been walking, video shows.

Image source: New York Post video screenshot

A bystander appeared to come to the victim's aid, the Post said.

Video also shows the suspect – who was still at large Friday, the Post said – looking over her right shoulder toward the scene of the crime while lifting up her left hand apparently as if to blow off what she did.

Image source: New York Post video screenshot

The victim was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Manhattan in stable condition, the paper said.

The suspect was wearing her hair up, was dressed in a white hoodie and black shorts, and was carrying a black duffel bag, the Post added.

Anything else?

A felon accused of sucker-punching a man in New York City earlier this month — fracturing the victim's skull and leaving him in coma — was released with no bail after charges against him were downgraded from attempted murder to assault and harassment.

The suspect was arrested a day later for a parole violation, the New York Post reported, adding that Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul claimed credit despite her refusal to roll back New York state’s controversial bail-reform law.

82-year-old man dies after being punched, kicked repeatedly in unprovoked attack at Portland bus stop



Police said an 82-year-old man who was repeatedly punched and kicked in an unprovoked attack at a Portland bus stop late last month has died, Oregon Live reported.

What are the details?

Donald Pierce died Thursday of blunt force trauma after he and 88-year-old Edward Lichtenstein were knocked to the ground and beaten near Southwest 5th Avenue and Hall Street around 8:30 p.m. June 25, the outlet said.

Portland police officers were responding to an unrelated call in the area when they saw the attack and arrested 29-year-old Keffer White, Oregon Live said.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Witness statements and video of the incident indicate that White attacked Lichtenstein and Pierce with no warning, the outlet said in an earlier story. White punched and kicked both men repeatedly even after knocking them to the ground, Oregon Live said, citing police.

Witnesses also said White announced during the attack that he was going to kill the two men, Multnomah County district attorney spokesperson Elisabeth Shepard said in a release, according to the outlet.

Lichtenstein and his wife and Pierce had been waiting for a bus at the stop when White began yelling and making fun of the two men for being elderly, Deputy District Attorney Nicole M. Hermann wrote in an affidavit filed in court, according to Oregon Live.

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White became more aggressive and approached the group, who did not engage him, the prosecutor wrote. White “head-butts” Lichtenstein, knocking his hat off his head, and shoved him backwards before grabbing and throwing Pierce to the ground, Hermann wrote. White knocked Pierce, who uses a cane, into the street and then kicked him in the head several times, witnesses told police, according to the affidavit. White then turned back to Lichtenstein, who was attempting to walk away, and punched Lichtenstein in the face, knocking him to the ground, the affidavit said.

Oregon Live said Pierce was found unconscious with major trauma to his face and head and was hospitalized, according to Hermann, who added that Pierce's injuries were life-threatening. Lichtenstein was conscious and taken to a hospital with injuries to his mouth and face, the outlet said, citing the affidavit, adding that he was soon treated and released.

Before Pierce’s death, prosecutors charged White with two counts of attempted murder and counts of first- and second-degree assault, Oregon Live said, adding that court records indicate White pleaded not guilty to all charges July 6.

Police said Tuesday additional charges against White are pending, the outlet reported, adding that court records show his next court appearance is scheduled for Friday.

White also has been convicted several times for felonies in Oregon, including unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, being a felon in possession of a firearm, strangulation, and assault, Oregon Live added.

He remained Wednesday in Multnomah County jail.

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Philly teens beat husband, father so brutally in unprovoked attack that part of his skull has to be removed to relieve pressure on his brain, which was bleeding



A group of Philadelphia teenagers beat a husband and father so brutally in an unprovoked attack last week that part of the 53-year-old victim's skull had to be removed to relieve pressure on his brain, which was bleeding.

What are the details?

Michelle Ferrara told WTXF-TV her husband departed their Fairmount home just after 8 p.m. Friday to see a concert at the Union Transfer when he was attacked just two blocks away.

The victim, identified only as Benjamin, was walking toward the 1600 block of Mt. Vernon Street when two males and two females — ages 15 to 17 — attacked him, WPVI-TV reported.

A residential surveillance camera captured the moments before the attack, WTXF said. The blurred video shows Benjamin heading down a sidewalk and one individual running up behind him as three others follow closely behind.

Benjamin was unconscious on the ground, WPVI said, adding that police said the attackers went through his pockets and took his car keys, house keys, and credit cards.

Ferrara got a call from the hospital around 9:30 p.m. Friday saying Benjamin suffered severe head trauma with a brain bleed, WTXF said, adding that medics first thought he was hit by a car.

"They easily could have killed him," Ferrara told WPVI.

Image source: WPVI-TV video screenshot

"He has staples completely running down his head and along his head because they removed part of his skull to alleviate pressure on his brain," Ferrara added to WTXF.

Benjamin, who's in the ICU, faces memory loss and will have to go through speech therapy, WPVI said.

"He'll really try to get words out, and then he'll like wipe a tear away," Ferrara told WPVI, adding that their 4-year-old son is trying to comprehend what happened to his dad.

"Their bond is going to have to be reimagined because they can't do like basic father and son stuff," she added to WPVI.

Image source: WPVI-TV video screenshot

What happened to the teens?

The teens stole the family's 2014 Honda CR-V, according to WPVI, but it has been recovered. Police added to the station that charges on Benjamin's credit card at a nearby hotel helped locate the teens.

All four suspects were taken into custody on Saturday morning, a law enforcement source told WTXF.

The Philadelphia district attorney's office said it's still an active investigation, but four juvenile defendants are in custody and charged with robbery, aggravated assault, conspiracy, simple assault, unauthorized use of property, and related offenses, WPVI said.

There are no weapons charges, as it does not appear any weapons were used, the station added, citing the district attorney's office.

But a law enforcement source told WPVI the two male juveniles who took part in the unprovoked attack are facing attempted murder charges.

Video: Thug throws 62-year-old nurse halfway down concrete steps in unprovoked attack. Then he tosses her farther down, appears to stomp on her head.



A man with a lengthy rap sheet was caught on surveillance video throwing a 62-year-old nurse down a flight of concrete steps at a Seattle train station earlier this month — and then he followed up the unprovoked attack by tossing her farther down the steps and apparently stomping on her head.

Alexander Jay, 40, was charged with second-degree assault in connection with the attack, KIRO-TV reported, citing charging documents from King County prosecutors.

What are the details?

The woman exited a train at the Chinatown-International District station and walked up the stairs March 2.

Surveillance video shows Jay running up the adjacent escalator and meeting her at the top:

Image source: Twitter video screenshot @jasonrantz

He then throws the victim down the concrete stairs backward:

Image source: Twitter video screenshot @jasonrantz

As the woman comes to a stop on the middle landing, Jay follows her down the stairs, grabs her, and throws her down the second set of stairs.

The woman grabs a railing, which prevents her from falling a far as she did the first time, but Jay is seen coming at her again and even appearing to stomp on her head.

Jay then walks back up the stairs and leaves the station, while a security guard jogs over to help the woman, who suffered three broken ribs and a broken clavicle, KIRO reported.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot @jasonrantz

The Tri-City Herald said authorities located Jay the next day about a half-mile from the scene of the attack. Jay was booked on a Department of Corrections warrant, KIRO said.

Jay has many prior convictions in Washington, including burglary, theft, selling stolen property, and several instances of domestic violence, KIRO added, citing court documents.

The station added that Jay had prior convictions in California for theft, drug possession, auto theft, and burglary and that Washington courts have issued more than 15 bench warrants for him for failing to attend hearings — so the state asked for $150,000 bail in this latest case.

NEW: Prosecutors allege prolific offender Alexander Jay randomly attacked a nurse as she exited a light rail station in Seattle. She broke 3 ribs & her clavicle. Police say Jay is homeless. He has at least 22 convictions to his name. \n\nREAD THE DETAILS: https://mynorthwest.com/3390385/rantz-prolific-offender-accused-brutal-assault-media-ignores-homeless-race/\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/BmgOLYtspJ
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio) 1647194606

What else?

Conservative columnist and commentator Jason Rantz of KTTH-AM noted that police issued a public alert about the attack the same day it occurred: “The woman described the suspect as a black male, approximately 30 years old, 6 feet tall, thin build, wearing a grey sweatshirt, grey sweatpants, dirty white tennis shoes, and a dark grey or green puffy jacket. He also had a distinctive cross tattoo on his left cheek."

But Rantz said the Seattle Times published a story about the attack about 90 minutes after the public alert was issued and left out Jay's race: “The 62-year-old woman described the suspect as 6 feet tall with a thin build and who appeared to be in his 30s, police said. He had a cross tattooed on his left cheek, she said."

"The suspect’s race isn’t directly relevant to the crime," Rantz said. "There’s no suggestion he attacked his victim for being white. But the woke, race-obsessed Seattle Times made a curious decision to exclude the suspect’s race when he was out on the loose. The detail was relevant in the context of being used to help locate him."

Rantz added that neither KIRO nor the Herald mentioned that police said Jay is homeless.

"Is Jay’s status as homeless relevant to the story? Absolutely. Activists and politicians continue to pretend that Seattle’s homeless population isn’t dangerous; that they’re just like you or me, just one paycheck away from a life on the streets," Rantz said, adding that "too often, generally speaking, left-wing reporters and editors believe that if they label a criminal homeless, it’ll somehow define the entire homeless population. It’s a ridiculous position fueled by ideology, bias, and ignorance."

Suspected gang member goes on stabbing spree in NYC, police sources say, leaving Columbia grad student dead, another victim injured



Police sources said a suspected gang member — who's been arrested numerous times and spent three years in prison — went on a stabbing spree Thursday night in New York City, leaving a Columbia University graduate student dead and another victim injured.

Who is the suspect?

Police sources said the suspect — 25-year-old Vincent Pinkney — has 16 prior arrests on his rap sheet and was out on parole, WCBS-TV reported.

Pinkney allegedly is with the Bloods gang offshoot EveryBody Killer, sources told the New York Post, which added that his arrests date back to 2012 and include robberies and assaults.

The Post added that he was convicted of gang assault in 2015 and served three years of a four-year prison sentence, citing state Department of Corrections records.

The paper said Pinkney was arrested for the Thursday night stabbings but has not yet been charged.

What are happened during the attacks?

The Post said the 15-minute stabbing spree began when 30-year-old Columbia grad student Davide Giri was knifed in the stomach in Morningside Park just before 11 p.m., citing police sources.

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Giri stumbled out of the park and collapsed near the corner of West 123rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue, where he was found by cops. He was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai-Saint Luke’s Hospital.

A second victim, a 27-year-old Italian tourist, was found with stab wounds to the torso at West 110th Street and Cathedral Parkway 15 minutes later.

Witnesses told cops the suspect had approached the male victim from behind and knifed him in the back before fleeing, sources said. The tourist was taken to the same hospital as Giri in a stable condition.

Then a third man told police a knife-wielding individual had just threatened him in nearby Central Park, the Post said, adding that this third victim — who wasn't injured — went with police and identified the suspect.

Police sources identified the second victim as Robert Malastina of Italy, who arrived in the city a few days ago, WCBS reported.

Giri, the first victim, was a computer science Ph.D. candidate, the Post said, citing Giri's website. The paper said he also hailed from Italy and published a separate profile on him:

Who is Davide Giri, the Columbia grad student fatally stabbed in NYC? https://trib.al/hzD0TWJ\u00a0pic.twitter.com/hNL5mERTrr
— New York Post (@New York Post) 1638549284

WCBS said investigators believe the stabbings were unprovoked and the victims did not know each other, adding that no motive has been revealed.

Police also are investigating whether a stabbing attack in Morningside Park just 24 hours earlier is linked to the deadly attack Thursday night, sources told the Post.

The paper said that in the previous knife attack, just after midnight Wednesday, a man was stabbed and the suspect – who matches the description of Thursday night's attacker – fled the scene.

Father of suspect: Son not 'known to be violent at all'

The father of the suspect in Thursday night's deadly attack told the Post his son has “spent some time in jail” but also claimed he wasn’t “known to be violent at all.”

“I don’t really know if he’s involved in gang activity," the father added to the paper. "I really don’t know where he hangs out." The father also told the paper he hadn't seen his son since earlier Thursday.

'As unsafe as it has ever been'

A woman who lives across the street from where Giri was found told the Post that the neighborhood isn’t safe at night.

“I have lived here 25 years, and this is as unsafe as it has ever been,” Yolanda Ramos, 69, noted to the paper.

Thug uses metal stick to beat 58-year-old woman waiting for train in apparently unprovoked attack on Brooklyn subway platform



Police told the New York Post a man used a metal stick to beat a 58-year-old woman on a Brooklyn subway platform last week.

What are the details?

The NYPD told the paper that the victim was waiting for a train around 8:30 a.m. Friday on the northbound platform of the Church Avenue G train station in Kensington when the man came up to her and beat her with the metal stick multiple times in the head, leg, and arm.

The victim was taken to Methodist Hospital and treated for bruises and pain, police told the Post.

Police released security video of the middle-aged suspect, the paper said, adding that he was wearing a black T-shirt with an egg and bacon image and multicolored shorts during the apparently unprovoked attack.

The Post said he remained at large.

Anything else?

The incident was yet another violent physical attack that has taken place in Brooklyn over the last two months:

VIDEO: Bat-wielding thug beats bicyclist unconscious on Brooklyn street — and nearly every bystander just watches or walks on by like it's nothing



Cellphone video caught the moment when a bat-wielding man beat a bicyclist unconscious on a Brooklyn street corner — and except for one person who stepped in to prevent further injury, every other bystander simply watched or just walked on by like nothing was happening.

Here's the clip:

Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue & Parkside Avenue, person #CaughtOnCamera beating up a biker with a bat until he falls to… https://t.co/sEv7PFUxni
— NYC Scoop (@NYC Scoop)1613658738.0

What are the details?

Police told WINS-AM the 54-year-old victim was riding his bike in the vicinity of Flatbush and Parkside Avenues around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday when the unprovoked attack occurred.

One man stepped in to stop the attack, although the assailant tried a few more times to get swings in without success.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NY_Scoop

Soon NYPD officers spotted a crowd, walked over, and witnesses identified a suspect who was was standing nearby, the New York Daily News said, adding that he was taken into custody.

Ashanti Robinson, 46, is facing charges of assault, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon, WINS said.

Officials said the victim and suspect are strangers and that the attack was random, the station added. There have been a number of unprovoked attacks in New York City of late.

The victim was taken to Kings County Hospital in critical but stable condition with cuts and swelling to the head, authorities told the New York Post. The victim was still unconscious Thursday and has not been interviewed by police, officials told the Daily News.

What do we know about the suspect?

The Post, citing sources, said Robinson has 14 prior arrests that are sealed — and one unsealed arrest in 2014 for criminal possession of a weapon.

In May 2014, Robinson was arrested after police said he had two 15-inch swords hanging from his belt while walking down Flatbush Avenue near Martense Street, WABC-TV reported, adding that the arrest took place less than a mile from the bat attack.

What was the reaction to the bat attack?

A number of Twitter commenters were angered not only by the attack itself but also because just about every bystander did nothing about it:

  • "Meanwhile people are just walking by or recording with their phones. Brooklyn strong, my a**," one user said. "This is why you don't give up your guns."
  • "How the F can people just walk by this and do nothing!?" another commenter wondered. "There were some big guys there, too."
  • "What kind of person stands around and does nothing or films this?" another user asked. "Unless this guy raped/murdered this other persons friend/family, in which case I'll happily apologize. Good to see at least one decent human in the vid."

One user offered the following observation: "This is absolutely why NYers need to be able to carry. If the biker had a gun, after that first swing, I would be unloading on his a**."

Another commenter added this quip: "What is needed are more social workers."