Shocking video has captured the moment a Brooklyn school bus aide was sucker punched while walking on the street, knocking out his teeth and breaking his jaw, which had to be wired shut.
Dulce Pichardo, 57, said she was walking home from work when a stranger grabbed her from a swing on the sidewalk on Grand Avenue near Dean Street in Crown Heights around 5 p.m. Tuesday.
“He hit me on the right side here, very strong,” Pichardo said. PIX11added that the beast said nothing.
Disturbing surveillance footage showed her staggering backwards after the blow.
“I was freaked out. I said, ‘What’s going on?’ Why did you hit me?” why did you do that? ‘I didn’t do anything. There’s no reason to hit me,” she said.
Picardo said she lost three teeth, suffered facial fractures, a fractured jaw that was held in place by wire, and nerve damage from the brutal assault.
She has to drink food through a straw for several weeks.
Her brother and an employee of a nearby restaurant pursued the suspect, who police identified as 33-year-old Franz Judy.
Judy was emotionless when confronted by Johann Flores and denied hitting him. told WABC.
They pursued him for several blocks and stopped him until police arrived.
Judy was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, which means she is not eligible for bail. Police said he was released despite previous arrests, including one in 2018 when he was charged with second-degree assault for attacking a police officer. In 2019 he was also charged with assault.
The Brooklyn man was also charged with harassment for assaulting Pisciardo.
Pichardo said the horrific experience left her terrified.
“Every time I see a man, I cross,” she told WABC. “I’m not going to get close to anyone. I’m very scared. I’ve told my son where we’re going and I want him to walk with me.”
She said she would like to see the city do more to make sure residents are safe even just walking down the street.
“I don’t want this to happen anymore. I want New York to do something. They have to stop this. It’s not fair,” Pichardo told PIX11.
