🌱 Central Park Assault Suspect Found + LES Shooter Arrested

Happy Sunday, neighbors! I am your host Patrick Murray brining you everything you need to know in Lower East Side-Chinatown today.

First, today's weather:

Cool and cloudy with a high of 50 and a low of 41.

Here are the top stories in Lower East Side-Chinatown today:

1. 25-year-old homeless man Paulie Velez was arrested and charged in Chinatown on Saturday morning for the violent sexual assault of a jogger in Central Park. Velez is accused of choking and sexually assaulting a 27-year-old woman as she ran through the park, which spurred a massive NYPD investigation. Velez faces charges of rape, robbery, strangulation, assault, sex abuse and criminal possession of stolen property. (AMNY)
2. Dennis Fredricks of the Bronx was arrested in Bergen County, New Jersey, after shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the neck on the Lower East Side. Hours after the shooting, the suspect approached an elderly man at gunpoint in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven and stole his SUV. Fredericks crashed into multiple vehicles before attempting to flee on foot. (Daily Voice)

Today in Lower East Side-Chinatown:

• Dalton and The Sheriffs, Mercury Lounge.(5 p.m.)
• "All is Forgiven" screening at The Metrograph. (12:20 p.m.)
• TeaSit Meditate+Learn, Chinatown Soup. (4 p.m.)

Lower East Side-Chinatown Patch Notebook

• Holiday decor tips from the Lower East Side Tenement Museum! (Facebook)
• Join the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative for their "Restore! Don't Demolish!" rally. (Facebook)
• Lower East Side : Back In The Days; congratulations on 21,000 members on your Facebook page! (Facebook)

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— Patrick Murray

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