Crime & Safety
Milk-Crate Wielding Attacker Bludgeons Man In Harlem, Police Say
A woman struck a 70-year-old man in the head with the grocery store container in front of his East 116th Street home.
EAST HARLEM, NY — The NYPD is trying to identify a woman accused of attacking an elderly man in front of his East Harlem home by hitting him with a red milk crate, police said.
The woman struck the 70-year-old in the head with the object as he stood in front of his home near East 116th Street and First Avenue on the evening of Aug. 28, police said. Police recently released a photo of the suspect holding the container-turned-weapon with a big smile on her face.
EMS took the victim to Metropolitan Hospital in stable condition after the assault, police said.
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Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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