NJ Man Urinating In Parking Lot Chases Accuser Home, Attacks Him, Police Say

TEANECK, NJ — After a Teaneck man confronted a stranger about urinating in a parking lot, the stranger followed the man home and assaulted him, police said.

Anthony Tsikitikos, 28, of Leonia was charged on Thursday with aggravated assault, home invasion, and other offenses, said Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr.

McGurr said that on Thursday afternoon, police responded to Teaneck Road after a 911 call about an assault.

The victim told police that he had confronted a strange man about urinating behind a parked car in the apartment parking lot.

The stranger, later identified as Tsikitikos, attacked the victim. The victim fled to his apartment building, but Tsikitikos followed him, police say.

Inside the apartment, police say, Tsikitikos struck the victim several times on the head with a hand weight and a fan, then left. But Tsikitikos quickly returned, forced open a window, and grabbed a laptop computer, police said.

Tsikitikos fled on a motorized bicycle toward Englewood, police said.

The victim and witnesses described the assailant.

Teaneck police found Tsikitikos on Presidential Drive in Englewood and arrested him, police said.

He was found to have five prescription pills, including three suspected Xanax and two suspected Oxycodone, police said. The victim's laptop was nearby on the ground.

The victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries, police said.

After reviewing surveillance, police charged Tsikitikos with first-degree home invasion, second-degree aggravated assault, burglary, weapons possession, theft, and possession of prescription drugs, police said.

Tsikitikos was taken to the Bergen County Corrections and Rehabilitation Center to await a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court.

Anyone with information about this or other investigations can contact the Teaneck Police Department at 201-837-2600, or Crime Stoppers. Tips can be made anonymously on the group’s website at www.bergencrimestoppers.org or by calling 844-466-6789, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.