Christopher Loeb Indicted In Woman's Beating: DA

RIVERSIDE, NY — Christopher Loeb has been indicted in the beating of a Smithtown woman, Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney's office said Friday.

This story was first reported in an exclusive by Patch.

Loeb, 37, was indicted for second-degree assault and other related charges, for pushing an 89-year-old woman to the ground and throwing a metal plant stand at her, resulting in a fractured femur, the DA said.

The woman also was treated for pain and bruising to her head, right shoulder, and elbow, which resulted in her suffering "substantial pain," according to the criminal complaint filed by Suffolk police that Patch obtained.

The incident took place at about 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 12, the complaint stated.

“Violence against anyone should never be tolerated, but it is especially reprehensible when that violence is directed against an elderly woman in their own home,” Tierney said. “Thankfully, the alleged victim in this case called 911, and the law enforcement who responded to the scene was able to remove the defendant from the home and render aid to the victim.”

The woman had gone inside her kitchen to find Loeb breaking glass plates, dinner chairs, and a butcher’s block stand, prosecutors said, adding that he then grabbed her and pushed her to the ground.

While he continued damaging other items around the house, including the front door, the woman was able to stand up and call 911, prosecutors said.

Loeb then threw a metal plant stand at the woman’s right leg, which resulted in a fractured femur, pain, and bruising, according to prosecutors.

The police arrived and saw the woman still lying on the floor of her living room where she fell after the assault and Loeb was pacing around the second story of the house, holding a broken table leg, which the police recovered before placing him under arrest, prosecutors said.

A spokeswoman confirmed the woman is a family member of Loeb's.

The woman was taken to St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown to receive treatment for her various injuries and remains in rehabilitative care, according to prosecutors.

On Thursday, Loeb was charged with two counts of second-degree assault and one count of third-degree criminal mischief, the DA said.

He was ordered held on $75,000 cash, $150,000 bond, or $750,000 partially-secured bond during the pendency of his case and is due back in court on Feb. 15.

Loeb had not posted bail as of Friday morning, a Suffolk Sheriff's office spokeswoman said.

In a statement to Patch, his attorney, Christopher Cassar of Huntington, said Loeb is “very remorseful over the incident.”

“Chris never intended to hurt her,” Cassar said. “He prays for her speedy recovery.

When first contacted for comment last week, another attorney, Pierre Basile of Huntington, told Patch that Loeb maintains his innocence and "we prefer to try his case in the court rather than the media.

Loeb gained notoriety as a defendant who was beaten while he was under arrest for breaking into police vehicles, as well as the SUV of then Chief of Department James Burke, and stealing a duffel bag containing porn and sex toys in 2012.

Burke beat Loeb while he was handcuffed and chained to an eyebolt fastened to the floor at the 4th Precinct in Smithtown, later prompting an investigation.

Burke was charged in 2015 with assaulting Loeb and was sentenced to serve 46 months in federal prison.

The investigation into Burke's conduct also brought down District Attorney Tom Spota and his chief aide, Christopher McPartland, who were convicted of obstruction by a jury in 2019 for covering up the incident. Each was sentenced to five years, according to federal officials.

Loeb was later awarded a $1.5 million settlement in his civil rights case against the police, Newsday reported.

Loeb found himself in the news again in 2019 after he used a Jeep to intentionally strike a police vehicle with an officer inside it in Ridge, police said.

He was driving a 2018 Jeep Cherokee when it struck a sign on a lawn at a Lakeside Trail home and when officers arrived, he intentionally struck a marked 7th Precinct patrol vehicle with an officer inside, then bolted to a dead-end street, Manhasset Trail, as officers followed, authorities said.

Loeb drove on several lawns, striking the officer’s vehicle again, before fleeing the scene, with police starting a pursuit, then calling it off due to safety concerns, according to police.

He eventually ditched the Jeep in Islandia and was found in the woods by a K-9 unit, police said.

Loeb was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, but was later charged with third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree reckless endangerment, unlawfully fleeing a police officer, driving while ability impaired by drugs and multiple vehicle and traffic infractions, authorities said.

He later filed a lawsuit alleging that a police dog took a chunk out of his leg in an attack that used excessive force because he was targeted for his involvement in a scandal that brought down Burke, Spota, and McPartland. The suit was later dismissed, though an attorney previously told Patch that he planned an appeal.

Spota and McPartland lost the appeal of their sentences in August.

McPartland was recently released from prison, according to Newsday.

Burke was arrested for soliciting a male undercover officer in August.

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