Four women, ages 13 to 15, were arrested on a Brooklyn subway after allegedly beating and attempting to rob a 71-year-old woman on her way to church, police said. told the New York Post.
The newspaper reported that one 13-year-old boy, one 14-year-old boy and two 15-year-old boys were taken into custody on Wednesday and Thursday, adding that they were each charged with robbery, assault and harassment. Ta. New Year's Day incident.
“She punched me in the face, and I wear glasses, and I have a cut on my nose. When she punched me in the face, my glasses flew to the floor. Ta.”
Police sources told the Post that one of the 15-year-olds was arrested in September on suspicion of assaulting a police officer in Queens to prevent him from making another arrest; The three women added, “I had never had any trouble with the law before.'' ”
Elderly victims fought back
Linda Rosa, a former Metropolitan Transportation Authority computer operator who lives in East New York, got off the train on Platform 3 at Hoyt Street just after 6 p.m. and was about to pass through the turnstile when four women spotted her. One of them tried to grab her purse. , she He told the Post in detail In the first story.
Rosa told the newspaper that her inner reaction was, “Oh no, that's not going to happen today.” Another woman also tried to grab Rosa's purse and actually asked her, “Oh, you want to fight?” However, Rosa would not part with her property.
“The first one kept fighting,” Rosa told the Post. “She punched me in the face, and I wear glasses, and I have a cut on my nose. When she punched me in the face, my glasses flew to the floor. Ta.”
She went on to tell the newspaper: “During this time, the other young woman continued to try to distract me by trying to take my notebook and reaching into my wallet to snatch something.” . Identity documents and medical records were included, and Rosa subsequently increased the intensity of her self-defense.
“I was still struggling with the first one,” Rosa told the newspaper. “Then I tried to kick her between the legs and my leg didn't extend far enough, so I think that's when I fell… and she stomped on me.”
One might think that she would have simply hid and hoped that the attack would end quickly, but the opposite was actually the case.
“I got the impression that she was going to step on me again, but she was going for my head,” Rosa explained to the Post. “So I quickly stood up, grabbed her braid, put it in my right hand, and pulled her down. She had her head down. Then the other young woman said, 'Let me go.' Said. So I said, 'Oh, no, I'm not going to let her go.' ”
Rosa screamed for help and the boy, who had grabbed her pocket pouch, dropped it and came towards her, the paper said. However, Rosa told the Post that he made the same motion with his free hand to the second female. “I grabbed her hair and wrapped it around my left hand. Then I put both of them face down…” [like] They ram into each other as they prepare for battle. ”
The other females repeatedly shouted to Rosa, “Let go!” Let them go! But Rosa refused and asked for help again, according to the newspaper. “I need help!” I need help! ”
The newspaper said she eventually let go of her two attackers and began picking up her belongings from the floor. The defeated crew members then ran up the subway stairs when Rosa told them she was going to call the police, the newspaper reported.
Details from the post:
Rosa, who retired from the MTA in 2016 after nearly 42 years with the agency, then headed to the nearby Brooklyn Tabernacle Church, where staff tended to her and called 911.
She was taken to Brooklyn Hospital Center for treatment.
Rosa said she was thankful she wasn't injured more seriously.
“Thank God they were unarmed,” she told the newspaper. “Thank God I didn’t have a heart attack or stroke and die!”
you can watch the video here It shows a suspect passing through a turnstile in a subway station.
“I forgive them.”
Rosa added to the post: they don't know what they're doing. They don't know what they did. It's just teenagers doing stupid things. ”
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