Crime & Safety
Boston Man Arrested In Anti-Asian Koreatown Hate Crime: NYPD
A 33-year-old man from Beantown was cuffed and charged with hate crime assault, according to police officials.
MIDTOWN, NY — Boston's not sending their best.
A man from the city on a hill was arrested Monday following an anti-Asian hate crime in May, police said.
Marc Jensen, 33, was charged with hate crime assault and aggravated harassment, according to officials.
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Police claim that Jensen, who apparently resides in Boston's redeveloped South Boston Seaport in a gleaming, ultra-luxury building just steps from former top eatery, Anthony's Pier 4, attacked a man and woman, both 39-years-old, as they were about to enter an Uber car on May 23 at about 1:30 a.m. on West 32nd Street.
Jensen approached the pair, according to officials, and started to make anti-Asian remarks and then spat on the woman and pushed the man to the ground, kicking him several times in the leg until a passerby intervened and caused Jensen flee.
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The victims refused medical attention at the scene and police investigated the attack as a hate crime from the start, officials said.
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