Crime & Safety
NYPD: Suspect Charged With Hate Crime After 55-Year-Old Asian Woman Sucker Punched In Chinatown
Police say 48-year-old Alexander Wright has been charged with assault as a hate crime, among other counts.
June 1, 2021
A man is under arrest in the latest violent attack against an Asian-American woman in New York City.
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Police say 48-year-old Alexander Wright has been charged with assault as a hate crime, among other counts. Investigators believe he lives in a homeless shelter and was found with what looks like the drug K2.
The assault was caught on camera Monday outside a restaurant on Bayard Street in Chinatown.
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