Creep grabs young woman waiting for train and tells her, 'You're mine now.' But men nearby aren't about to let that happen.



A 20-year-old woman who wants to remain anonymous told WCBS-TV about her terrifying experience that began as she was heading to the Norwood Avenue subway station in Brooklyn on her way to her lifeguard job.

Suddenly a male — a complete stranger to the woman — began violating her.

'What was going through my head was, like, ''I'm just not going to see my family again.'' That was it, I was just not gonna see my family.'

"And he's putting his arms around me, and I'm pushing him off of me, and I'm like, 'I don't know you,'" she told the station.

The woman added to WCBS that when she was on the platform waiting for her train, the male reappeared.

"He's like, 'Come on, let's go.' And I'm like, 'I don't know you,'" the woman recalled to the station. "He comes close to my face, and he's like, 'You don't know me.'"

WCBS said the victim argued with her assailant, told him to get away — and then he grabbed her.

"When the train came, like I said, he got more aggressive, and that's when he, like, bear-hugged me to the point where, like, my arms are restricted," she recounted to the station. "The only thing he just kept saying was, 'You're mine now, you're mine now, you're coming with me, you're coming with me.'"

A witness captured video of the attack, and in it the woman can be heard screaming.

Rondel Whitfield told WCBS in an initial story that he was on his way to church when he witnessed the attack in progress and soon got involved.

"I said, 'Brother, please, just let the lady go. You know what I'm saying? Let the lady go.' He's like, 'No.' He just started being real barbaric. Like, I've never seen nothing like that in my life," Whitfield recounted to the station.

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The New York Post said "several men" gathered on the elevated platform and hollered at the attacker to let the woman go. The paper said the attacker allegedly shoved the woman to the ground and bear-hugged her as she tried to run away a second time, according to police and prosecutors.

"What was going through my head was, like, 'I'm just not going to see my family again.' That was it, I was just not gonna see my family," the victim told WCBS in a subsequent interview. "That's why I called my mom."

The bystanders then pulled the victim away from her attacker, police told the Post, adding that they appeared to hit him as one of them yelled, "I'm gonna f**k you up!" Video shows men on top of the attacker punching and stomping him.

"Somebody try to tell you something, chill the f**k out?" one of the men is heard saying in the aftermath of the beatdown, the paper added. "Now you got it!"

The woman finally was able to escape and is seen in the clip running to the other end of the platform and crying on the phone with her mother, the Post said.

"She was just saying, 'Mom, he's trying to take me, he's trying to take me,' and I'm, like, trying to run to her as fast as I can," the victim's mother recounted to WCBS.

The victim noted to the station that she got to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority booth, and an MTA worker helped her get inside it for safety and then moved her into another room until police arrived.

"About the guys that stepped in, I'm very, very, very thankful because without them, I would not be home," the victim recounted to the station.

Police said the victim complained of shoulder pain and suffered minor injuries to her stomach and arms, WCBS reported, adding that her mother said that while her daughter is traumatized, she's been able to go to work.

"I'm very, very grateful for those that were there helping my daughter," the mother told the station. "I am so, so, so, so grateful 'cause if it wasn't for you guys, I wouldn't have my child today."

The video below is from the follow-up WCBS story and includes an interview with the victim.

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Police have identified the suspect as 42-year-old Fredrick Marshall of Queens, WCBS said. Police told the station that the suspect had a knife and blackjack on him. A blackjack is frequently described as a leather stick weighted with lead that's used for striking.

While Marshall has been charged with two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, third-degree assault, and second-degree harassment, the Brooklyn district attorney's office told the station that the charges aren't bail eligible, and Marshall has been on supervised release.

"It's unacceptable," the victim told the station in regard to the suspect being set free. "It's really insane to me how they could just release somebody after they did that."

BlazeTV host Auron MacIntyre had the following to say about the incident and its aftermath.

"Many people have asked 'Where have all the good men gone? Why aren't they protecting women?' Everyone saw what happened to Daniel Penny for protecting his fellow subway passengers," MacIntyre told Blaze News. "Now these men have stepped up and protected a defenseless woman, but her attacker is immediately out on the streets. This is anarcho-tyranny. The people of New York City are governed by disastrous progressive polices that get innocent people killed."

The victim also told WCBS that her employer has been paying for her to take Ubers to work and that she wants to see more of a police presence at subway stations.

"I still haven't fully processed what happened to me," she added to WCBS.

The station said the victim is working on getting an order of protection from the DA's office.

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Video: Ski-masked thug flattens woman with flying kick from behind; punches and stomps her as she screams in parking lot



An attacker covered from head to toe in dark clothing, shoes, and a ski mask brutally attacked a screaming woman in suburban Philadelphia early Thursday morning, as surveillance video shows the suspect flattening the victim with a flying kick from behind in a parking lot outside her apartment and then stomping and punching her before running off.

Hatfield Township police said the attack — which took place as the woman was leaving her apartment around 4:30 a.m. — appears targeted, but they're investigating all possibilities, WPVI-TV reported.

'I couldn't believe someone would actually do that, and it's coming from behind ... a shallow man.'

One resident in the Hatfield Village Apartments told the station his neighbor's screams woke him up.

"I opened my blinds, and I saw my neighbor getting up," Christopher Stevens told WPVI. "It looked like she had just been attacked."

Stevens called 911 and showed officers his Ring video, the station added.

"It looked like he waited for her for about 10 minutes, and then when she came out to go to work, he jumped on her," Stevens noted to WPVI, adding that "it was pretty traumatizing to see that happen to somebody. I really hope she's okay."

You can view a video report here; it includes the surveillance clip of the attack.

Scully Company, which manages the property, issued a statement, WPVI said: "Our thoughts and concern are with our resident, and we are hopeful for a quick recovery. Out of respect for their privacy and due to the ongoing investigation, we are unable to provide further details at this time."

An unnamed neighbor told the station she's "disgusted" over the attack and that "I couldn't believe someone would actually do that, and it's coming from behind ... a shallow man."

Kevin Finn, who has lived in the apartment complex for the last six years, told the station that the powers that be should install "camera systems, and a security patrol would probably be good."

Police are warning residents to remain vigilant but said there's no reason to feel at risk due to this incident, WPVI reported.

Those with information about the attack should call 215-855-0903, the station noted.

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Single mom on way to work fights back amid brutal attack, refuses to give up purse: 'I didn't want him to get away with this'



A single mother was brutally attacked as she was headed to work early one morning last weekend in Long Beach, California — but Beth Quintana fought back with everything she had, refusing to hand over her purse to the thug beating her.

"I didn't want him to get away with this," Quintana told KTLA-TV.

What are the details?

Quintana was walking to her car around 4:30 a.m. Saturday near 25th Street and Cedar Avenue and told police that an unknown man on a bicycle — and armed with a knife — approached her from behind, demanded her personal property, and then assaulted her, the station said.

“I had this really bad feeling, like something bad was going to happen, but I ignored my intuition and kept walking,” Quintana noted to KTLA. “Probably about five seconds later, I felt my head being hit.”

While she was on the ground, the attacker got on top of her and pulled out a knife, demanding her purse, the station said.

“I felt like “Oh my God, he’s going to rape me,’” she recounted to KTLA. “So I started screaming and fighting him.”

Quintana, who has two children, suffered a broken nose, a broken finger, a black eye, facial bruises, and a concussion, the station said, adding that her finger was nearly severed while she tried to take the attacker's knife.

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“He just kept knocking my head over and over and over again, and there was a point where ... I almost stopped fighting, but I don't know what happened. I just was like, ‘No, I'm not going to stop fighting,’ and I just got back up,” she added to KNBC-TV.

Quintana added to KNBC that she refused to let the attacker take her phone satchel, purse, or bag. Despite it being her first-ever physical altercation, Quintana told KNBC she was able to knock her attacker to the ground twice.

"I just knew I didn't want him to get away with this," she recounted to KTLA. "And I knew I didn't want to die."

Quintana told KNBC about 10 to 15 minutes passed before someone exited a house down the street and her attacker got back on his bike and rode off. No description has been released, KTLA added.

Despite her traumatic experience, Quintana told KTLA she's "not going to let this deter me from going to work early in the morning. I’m going to continue to work, be out, and live my life.”

Her roommate told KTLA a GoFundMe page was set up to help Quintana cover unpaid time off from work and her medical bills.

Anyone with information should call Long Beach Police at 562-435-6711.

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Man accused of throwing 62-year-old woman down stairs in random attack will get $250 per day from taxpayers each day he's not in treatment



The man accused of throwing a 62-year-old woman down stairs at a Seattle train station in a March random attack will get $250 per day at taxpayers' expense for each day he's not in treatment.

Say what?

Alexander Jay was charged with second-degree assault in connection with the attack, KCPQ-TV reported, adding that he also was charged with first-degree assault after a stabbing at a bus stop near the train station that same day.

In April, Jay was ruled incompetent to stand trial and ordered to spend the next three months in an inpatient facility until he understands the charges made against him, the station said.

But it's been more than 100 days, and since the state still hasn't placed Jay into an inpatient facility, his defense called for his release, KING-TV reported.

So, why hasn't he been placed into a facility? No beds, apparently.

“The only reason it has stalled this long is that the government has not provided him a bed to get well in. That’s barbaric. That is not the behavior of a civilized society, and I find it extraordinarily offensive and heartbreaking,” King County Superior Court Judge Johanna Bender said, according to KING.

The state estimated a bed for Jay won't be available until mid-August, KOMO-TV reported.

With that, Bender found the Department of Social and Health Services in contempt of court for failing to admit Jay to treatment, calling it a violation of his constitutional rights, KING added.

Jay will remain in jail due to the severity of the charges against him, but Bender also ordered the state to pay him $250 per day for each day he remains out of a treatment facility, KING added.

Those charges began accruing May 9, KCPQ reported, adding that taxpayers likely will have forked over more than $17,000 to Jay by the time he gets a bed in a facility.

DSHS officials told KCPQ Jay's situation isn't uncommon — in fact, nearly 400 people in jail are waiting for beds with DSHS.

Criminal record dating back to 2000

Citing court documents, Jay has a criminal record dating back to 2000, KCPQ reported, adding that recent charges against him include home burglary, assault, attempted assault, and domestic violence.

Kim Hayes, the woman who was tossed down the stairs at the train station, pleaded with the court Thursday to keep Jay in jail, KING said.

"He will harm someone. I am absolutely 100% sure of it. If he gets back out he will, he will repeat offend, and I have absolute 100% assurance – I know that that will happen," Hayes said, according to the station.

VIDEO: Suspect carries out gruesome beating on woman pumping gas — and bystanders do nothing to help



Officers are investigating after a suspect approached a woman at a gas station and inflicted upon her a gruesome beating, according to KTTV-TV.

Authorities say that a person who is believed to be the suspect was taken into custody as of Friday night. No other information about the suspect has been released at the time of this reporting.

What are the details?

The female victim, who remains unnamed, was pumping gas at a Gardena, California, gas station on May 30 when a large, shirtless man pulled up in a battered SUV and calmly walked toward the woman as she filled up her vehicle's gas tank.

According to the victim — and corroborated by surveillance video — the male walked toward the female victim and punched her in the head. She immediately dropped to the ground and the suspect continued raining blows upon her. Video of the incident showed the suspect throwing at least 10 punches as the woman was on the ground.

KTTV reported that while the woman was on the ground, the suspect also grabbed her by her hair and slammed her head against her vehicle and against the pavement "multiple times."

Following the vicious attack, the victim re-entered his SUV and drove away.

The woman was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of her injuries. A release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department stated that the woman was released to her home following the attack, where she continues to recuperate.

Bystanders, as shown in the surveillance footage, watched the incident unfold without stepping in to assist the woman.

During the investigation, the victim told authorities that she had no idea who the suspect was and that he did not take any of her personal belongings during the attack.

The sheriff's department said that a second woman came forward to authorities after seeing the surveillance video and told deputies that she, too, was attacked the day before in the Willowbrook area.

Those with any further information on the heinous attack are asked to contact Detective K. McInnis at (323) 568-4800 or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

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