By Carol Tannenhauser
A 56-year-old woman and her husband were walking north on Broadway at 69th Street on Saturday at around 11:50 p.m., when a stranger came walking toward them and, without saying a word, allegedly “struck [the woman] in the face with a closed fist,” the NYPD reported. He then fled south on Broadway.
The woman told CBS news that as she fell to the ground, two good Samaritans came to help her while her husband went after her attacker. Her husband said the alleged assailant “kept walking and I was following him and all of sudden a swarm of guys, like five or six guys, started chasing after him,” according to CBS news.
The suspect, who has been identified as Simon Jeter, 20, was “caught thanks to that group of guys,” CBS reported. “Homeless,” according to police, Jeter was arrested and charged with 3rd degree assault.
I am glad they arrested Jeter, and I am glad that citizens chased him. Third degree assault is a misdemeanor. Will Jeter be back on the street – maybe on the street already?
Yes it’s a low level misdemeanor. Appearance ticket and release.
It is a Class A misdemeanor which means it is punishable by up to 364 days in jail. It is the highest level of misdemeanor, not a low level.
Because it is a Class A, it will not be just an “appearance ticket and release,” he will go through the whole booking process – mug shots, finger printing, and have to be arraigned. While bail might be low, we have to remember that bail is not punishment/lack of punishment but is only a means to ensuring his return to court.
That is in no way acceptable. How can we pressure our official to address this?
Next election get educated who you vote fore.
For starter – vote Braggs OUT
And Hochul. She loves bail reform.
It’s referred to as voting. Don’t vote for a party, vote for policies.
Well the DA, and the state legislators are elected officials. NYC voter turnout is embarrassingly low. If more people voted and demanded changes they would get the changes.
My condolences to the victim. It is horrific.
I’m glad that the perpetrator was arrested. Homeless. Yet our elected officials are putting more low barrier shelters in our neighborhoods. These low barrier shelters will host the population that should be institutionalized instead of being hosted in barely supervised environment next to schools and go around punching women.
1) Thanks Carol – for the excellent reporting.
2) Picture of the puncher please?
3) Homeless shelter he resided at?
We need that as he most likely got a desk ticket and is back on the street.
Bail reform is great for the criminals!
But, not so great for the victims who tend to be elderly women, middle-age women, our seniors, and children who are often traumatized by being assaulted.
Folks – please call – politely and respectfully to
Gale Brewer’s office
Phone: 212-873-0282
She can reach out to Heastie to ask for a rollback of controversial criminal justice reforms.
Over 50 people commented here.
I understand your frustration.
But let’s make a change together.
Use your voice and call.
And if you have time – call the Speaker
Albany Office
LOB 932
Albany, NY 12248
518-455-3791
Fax: 518-4
District Office
1446 East Gun Hill Road
Bronx, NY 10469
718-654-6539
Better yet – vote Brewer out. She has been putting all the homeless and migrant shelters in our neighborhood against the wishes of the community. Look at Central Park, drunk deliveristas gathering in gangs, illegal vendors on every corner, garbage in the Ramble… It has never looked so bad. Well, maybe in the sixties, which is apparently Gale Brewer’s goal.
I admire your optimism and appreciate the information you provided, but this all assumes that Brewer actually wants to change the policies and that Heastie cares what Brewer wants. Sadly, I do not believe either of those is true.
Elected officials do tend to listen when the number of calls is overwhelming.
Let them know in a polite way how you feel. Thank you.
Called many times, it is absolutely useless. I described my experience calling them earlier and don’t even want to repeat it.
They are self-serving bureaucrats and have to go.
Do you think they don’t know what is going on and our calls are going to change anything?
Imagine if hundreds called,
thousands called….
Adams office is bombarded with calls. Do you see anything. changing?
The only way to change things is vote them out. It is naive to think that calling will help. They disregarded safety issues openly and brazenly even pre-election in front of the reporters.
Btw – I did run for office on issues of public safety.
2020 – 67,000 votes in the 10th Congressional.
Anyway – Adams and Hochul have both complained vocally and tried to change this.
Hochul had a little bit of momentum with the budget, she held it up.
Yes, voting is great. Hope everyone gets out there and makes a difference in November!!!
The thing is … it is August,… and in THREE MONTHS – more women, seniors, children… well you get the picture – can get HURT.
A senior suffering a fall BECAUSE THEY WERE KNOCKED DOWN OR PUNCHED means a broken hip, long term hospital stay. That is the beginning of the end.
Here is an idea… a suggestion?
Keep calling…
Ask your family to call.
Ask your friends to call.
Ask strangers to call.
Ask someone on the West Side Rag to call.
Thank you and stay safe.
This is horrible and it feels like it is happening at least once a week. Also, note how it is always women being sucker punched. Where are the politicians who are outraged that these people are targeting women? I don’t think we can blame mental illness anymore either. Some of these people are just bored and looking for a kick; they know there is no downside to trying it.
By the way, I looked up 3rd degree assault and saw that it was the ‘lowest tier’ of assault charges, is a misdemeanor, and at worst would receive a year in prison (fat chance). That is absolutely unacceptable for sucker punching someone, who could have easily fallen and hit the pavement hard, gotten a concussion, etc. If you want to deter this sort of thing you need severe short term punishments, not a slap on the wrist. Maybe one day, god forbid, something like this will happen to someone like Jerry Nadler – although I doubt it because I saw him come out of Citarella with a humongous bodyguard – and that will spur the calls for change that we need.
Nadler is not a City or State politician. He is elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. The assault charge is not federally managed — that is the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office call. A closed fist punch in the face can break face bones, teeth, jaws, eye sockets and do all sorts of horrifically painful and lingering damage. It should be a first degree assault charge. The reason the perp didn’t sucker punch a man is because he is operating on an animal level. The man would register “danger.” I once had a crack head come at me from a distance, walking briskly, and flailing his arms, and muttering to himself. He did not see that I had a dog with me. But when my German Shepherd stepped out from between cars and the shadows, the crack head did an immediate 180-degree about face and took his act elsewhere. Completely an animal instinct. I don’t know what the current laws are regarding forced hospitalization but we need it back as an option to keep these dangerous people off the streets.
Sam, if I remember correctly, you have spoken about being a member of the police auxiliary and working for the detective’s union. As someone attached to law enforcement in that way, I would expect you would understand more about laws and the penal code than your comment that it should be Assault in the 1st suggests. Our laws are built on a progression. The fact that is is an assault means that the victim was struck and injured. As you move up the degrees of assault, you are committing the assault either with different classes of weapons – for example Assault 1 is the use of a deadly weapon (gun/knife), or you can also progress higher based on the actual injury. Based on injury, Assault 1 requires: (quoted from the penal code) ‘intent to disfigure another seriously and permanently, or to destroy, amputate, or disable permanently a member or organ of the body of another, he or she causes such injury to that person [or to a third person].’ While this is the specific text of the New York State Penal Code, the laws of other states for the same infraction are more or less equivalent across the country.
And I would expect you would also know that the District Attorney does not make the laws and could not change the code no matter who you voted into office. The penal code can only be amended by the state legislature. As for deciding with what crime to charge, yes, it is a decision of the DA. But charging him with Assault 1 or 2 would be a stupid decision because he would be found not guilty because the prosecuted could not possible prove that level and would instead result in the perpetrator being released with no punishment whatsoever after being found not guilty. Talk about having no care about law and order! And before anyone starts saying that it falls into Assault 1 because this was ‘depraved indifference,’ we must understand that there is a legal meaning to depraved indifference and a punch, except maybe from Mike Tyson, cannot meet that definition.
If anyone would like to actually read the penal code section about Assault, the NYS Courts system has this page (used for judges to get jury instructions) that gives all the information you could need:
https://www.nycourts.gov/judges/cji/2-PenalLaw/120/art120hp.shtml
A punch in the face like that can also cause a concussion, acute and chronic headaches or migraines, a brain bleed,
And even lead to death. How can that not be considered as a much more serious crime?
It doesn’t matter what office Nadler holds. What matters is that he is the most high profile politician in the neighborhood and what he says/does carries enormous weight and influence. Historically he has been extremely visible. If God forbid he were to get socked randomly and fall down, I guarantee you see local politicians (his allies) singing a different tune.
I didn’t look up 3rd degree assault charges but I trust your research. It is unimaginable if this guy will be or already is on the streets.
Can WSR follow up?
It would be helpful to state what Street it occurred at for those who don’t want to click through (it is 69th).
Could someone tell us what the penalty is for 3rd degree assault? It would also be helpful to know if the penalty for the first time being found guilty of such a crime is the same as for the 3rd, 8th, 15th, etc.? I think that is something that readers don’t really understand (I don’t). Thank you.
Kudos to the good samaritans who helped. I hope the victim is OK.
This corner, 69th and Broadway was the corner at which an attempted rape happened 5 months ago, another assault and numerous purse-snatchings in broad daylight. All within the past 18 months and those are just the crimes that I am aware of. I say this not because I believe it is a problematic corner. To the contrary actually, it’s probably a representative block and that is what is so scary. It gives you the scale of what is going on here despite those cute people who want to tell us about how it was much worse in the 80’s. I’ve been here all my life, there is no comparison between what is happeining now and what happened in the 80’s. It is much worse now. I don’t care what the statistics say.
Thanks, added.
How many priors did Simon Jeter have? He’ll be out in a few days.
You are assuming he will spend any time in jail. Im assuming he wont spend any tome in jail. I believe the manhattan DA has to make that call and I believe he doesn’t prosecute these kinds of crimes.
Yet another horrific crime. I hope the victim heals soon at least physically. The fear will be with her for a long time…
It is beyond clear that this will continue till our elected officials are voted out. Don’t look for a perfect candidate that checks all the marks. At this point we just need to get the current state and city administration out at all costs.
WSR – please follow-up on this story: Bali / no bail; jail time or not, etc.
The notion that anyone who randomly assaults or menaces a person is mentally ill is misguided and an affront to the victim and our community. The time has come to stop blaming the mental health crisis or the city. It’s wrong to turn the tables abs make the attacker the victim. The upper west side is out of control. And guess what? Feeling unsafe is the same as being unsafe.
I agree. Funny you should mention feeling unsafe. It’s taking far too long for many people to come out and state the same thing, when I mentioned I felt unsafe, I was told that I watch FOX ( channel ) too much. This aggression, whether due to mentally I’ll or not, has just gotten far too out of hand. Wake up Manhattan and tell your congee men/women to do something. Why does no one strike outside of these politicians homes?!
Hopefully this guy can be provided a home in prison.
Why are we not hearing anything from Gale Brewer on these attacks on the UWS.? Not one word from her regarding the attempted rapes in Riverside Park and no words on these assaults in her neighborhood. I check Twitter, I read her newsletter and she never mentions a word. Shouldn’t she be concerned and speak to her constituents since this is her neighborhood and city where she has an influence?
It is because she supports the policies that have enabled this. The politicians running the state and city voted for these rules knowingly. These incidents are collateral damage that they are willing to live with, either because they still support the policies, or because they are unwilling to admit they went too far. Also, politicians like Brewer know they won’t get voted out because their constituents would never vote for a Republican, and no Democrat would mount a credible primary challenge. Enough people need to vote for Brewer’s challenger in the coming election to vote her out or to show that there is the real possibility it will happen next time.
It’s time for a change from these do nothing, know nothing politicians. Gale Brewer has always been in politics, jumping from one office to another, and back, due to term limits.
When will UWS voters start voting with their safety and the safety of their loved ones in mind, instead of Republican-bad, Democrat-good.
I’m not campaigning for anyone here, but at least Diane di Stasio acknowledges that there is an issue with crime in this neighborhood. Gale Brewer hits the mute button whenever we speak up.
Gale Brewer and Co won’t even admit that it is an issue. Admitting it requires taking next steps in addressing the issue. They are not going to do anything about it. The are still claiming it is “perception” and “fear”.
If it is one’s “perception” that causes a sense of insecurity, then it is her job to quell that fear and change our perception. Do something to provide a sense of security. Prove to us that authorities have a handle on crime and that we are still safe in our own neighborhood. The reality is, she can’t do that. It’s easier to dismiss us as being alarmists.
Hoylman did the same thing last year when I asked him about bail reform laws.
Glad they caught him. And good to see people standing up against these crimes.
I have to ask myself why, most commonly, women are the target of assaults. Are they easy pickings or are men just hating on women since not all of them are robberies. How about making these random assaults against women and the elderly hate crimes because these assailants seem to particularly hate women.
This may be cultural issues that are part of their “experience” and perhaps their community needs to address it. Moving sociopathic people into new neighborhoods where they have no community only adds to these problems. They may be homeless for a reason. Perhaps their own family doesn’t want them either and for good reason.
As others before me have said, these people often have mental problems — but they are also lucid enough to know to choose smaller people, such as women and older forlks, for their targets.
Welcome to Zombie Land. We are eventually going to have to arm ourselves if our “Law & Order” Mayor can’t get a handle on safety.
So he gets charged with a simple misdemeanor. No hate crime. So you can just go up to an older woman and sucker punch her in the face and it’s just a misdemeanor. Welcome to New York.
Yes. Punching a woman in the face carries the same weight as stealing a six-pack of soda. The world has turned upside-down. Thank you Mayor Adams for fixing nothing.
So glad they caught this (alleged) menace. To be afforded charity in. such a welcoming neighborhood and this is how he treats his fellow neighbors. Community goes two ways. Maybe this is why this gentleman finds himself homeless. Sad very sad.
Just get these people off the damn streets!! I’m sick and tired of feeling sorry for them. They belong in residential mandatory treatment or jail or both. The streets belong to us law-abiding citizens. And Gale Brewer -start looking for another job!
I never felt sorry for them. That ended long ago. Now I see them and the first thing I think is “degenerate”. I’m going to go out on a limb and say I don’t give a damn about their well-being. They contribute absolutely nothing to the society or the neighborhood. Enough already.
As an “over 55” resident of the UWS for over 35 years, I think it’s time to leave this city. Our elected officials have other priorities. Our safety is not one of them. It looks like they will be successful in scaring the very people who deeply love this neighborhood into leaving it. I struggle to understand why a community leader(s) would ignore, or worse yet be complicit in, the actions of criminals in our city. Our home. It looks like I will be moving to a safer community in Westchester or on Long Island. I won’t become the next punching victim.
Ms. Goldfarb: I can’t blame you if you move out. But I plead that you think of the many good things that still hold about NYC and the UWS. You have to consider your life, of course. But you might think of how you’ve been part of a community, and you might decide not to leave it in its hour of need.
Thank you neighbor. I appreciate your kind words and concern. I am just coming to the realization that I am not getting any younger and things that I once did (not so long ago) without a thought, like riding the subway, walking the few blocks to Fairway or Zabar’s, now scare me. Women younger than me are getting physically assaulted on the street. Unless there is some huge shift in government here, I don’t see it getting better. The current leadership simply do not care. The way I look at it, I am not abandoning the city that I so love. It has been taken from me.
I don’t think you will find anyplace else particularly more safe. Do you think anyone in Long Island knew their architect neighbor was a serial killer? And can you count how many mass shootings took place in suburbia or the countryside versus the inner city? Suburbia requires a car, too. Good luck with that!
Here we go… deflecting the matter at hand to something entirely irrelevant .
Yes, Long Island overall is safer, you can’t quote one murderer to paint the entire LI as unsafe. Of course some suburbs are safer, but it is hardly the point. Let’s not compare incomparable matters and locations to justify crime wave in our city.
Nassau County also has one of the harshest plea bargaining policies anywhere in New York State. A crime committed in Manhattan that is resolved at arraignment or one appearance later may require more appearances to get the same or worse plea deal in Nassau. ADA’s must constantly get approval from supervisors and defense attorney’s often aren’t negotiating plea deals with those pulling the strings in criminal cases. More cases go to trial in Nassau than in other counties just to prove the DA can be successful and it is much harder to get a public defender in Nassau County than it is in NYC. The plea bargaining policy is harsh to deter people from committing crimes in Nassau County.
Also regarding the serial killer, many on Long Island knew or had a hunch it was him, there just wasn’t enough evidence to tie him to the killings until now.
I don’t know how many people are aware that a few months ago the US Supreme Court decided NYS Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, a major case impacting greatly cities and states that currently prohibit hand gun ownership and carry. The Bruen case ruled that NYS’s decades old gun laws restricting ownership and carrying of handguns was unconstitutional and that any significant obstacle to handgun ownership and carry is unconstitutional. The days of NYS preventing the average citizen from carry handguns is over. After that Bruen decisioin, Hochul and legislature quickly responded with new gun rules which are currently in the courts and will clearly be found not only unconsitutional but likely be found to be blatently thumbing its nose at the SCOTUS. In short, citizens of New York City will soon be able to legally carry handguns around with them in the city. Hard to imagine, but it is going to happen. Why is this case relevant to this story? The case is relevant because if people continue to be randomly assualted in this city without even the least bit of recognition and response from our city’s represenatatives, then it is likely that many people will want to have the protection of handguns – possibly people who never wanted to nor ever thought they want to carry one. NYC has one, maybe two years to rectify the impression that many people have that they are expendable.
You can start the process here… no need to wait.
https://licensing.nypdonline.org/app-instruction/
New York city is a scary place to legally carry a gun or any means of self-defense, however, because your damned if you do, damned if you don’t. It seems to me that the DA in the city does not want people defending themselves even when they are lined up for a beating. People in NYC are supposed to just take their beating like good boys and girls. Look at what happened to Jose Alba who spent a week in Rikers becuase they wouldn’t give him bail despite him having a clean record and clear video evidence of him defending himself. This is what happens when you defend yourself in NYC even when there is video of the entire event! But the guy who sucker punches a woman goes free on a misdemeanor.
There was an old Charles Bronson picture, where he took the law into his own hands due to his frustration with the way the police were handling the attack on his wife. It was a very good film, but violent. I have nightmares of this type of thing happening in the NYC of today.
I’m very anti-gun, however I have already been pushed to vote Republican just to oust current officials who refuse to do anything about crime, quite opposite, they contribute to it in many ways.
Considering that I, decades-long Democrat, can no longer vote for them solely because of their disregard of our safety, I feel your comment is very relevant and sobering. I’m afraid that with news gun laws in effect a lot of people will be carrying guns for their protection and then God knows what happens. I can’t blame people for wanting guns at this point because our official failed us; at the same time I feel terrible that it had to come to it.
I completely understand where you are coming from. My family has voted Democrat my whole life. My mother thought the Kennedy Family were American Royalty. The party is no longer what it was (neither are Republicans). Democrats have aligned themselves with radical left entities. This is too extreme for the majority of Americans. So is the far right agenda of the Republicans. In truth, most of us are moderate. We can actually see and understand each others opinion. Politicians and the media are pushing polarization.
There are people who work on the UWS, disgusted with what they see on the UWS, go home to more moderate districts and vote Republican. Gale Brewer doesn’t pay the price, but Tony Avella (19th council district Democratic nominee) does, Laura Gillen (4th congressional district 2022 Democratic nominee) does, Robert Zimmerman (3rd congressional district 2022 Democratic nominee who lost to George Santos does). I live in George Santos’ congressional district and work on the UWS. I voted Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020 and voted for George Santos. I didn’t care about his policy positions, I just wanted to teach Democrats a lesson for messing around with voters like me.
Where is our old MAYOR (not the current wacko) Rudy Guiliani when we need him?
And to add to Max’s comment that this unfortunate woman who hit her head “could have gotten a concussion, etc.” I would add “could have died.”
What also shows moxy, the puncher did it despite a male being with her. He didn’t punch the guy, but the woman. Maybe he hates women, maybe he knows nothing is going to happen to him so he wants to see how far he can go? Just pray that you aren’t the next victim. Stay safe folks.
As long as New Yorkers will continue electing politicians and DA’s from the same party, they will be getting the same outcomes.
They’re getting even more brazen. This woman was walking with her husband, not a solitary target ripe for the picking.
It’s always women being assaulted. They’re all allegedly so mentally ill but somehow always pick a target they see as weaker and lesser.
Not buying that living on the street equates to being mentally ill.
I hope he gets his due in prison. This guy should never see the streets as a free man ever again
He’ was given an appearance ticket and released. I’m sure he’s roaming the streets right now.
You folks are mostly all wacko and deserve a mayor like Rudy who is ever more insane and caused many brave firefighters to die Sept 11 by vetoing walkie talkies and an upgrade to the command center. I can only hope that when guns become more open you won’t turn this great city into the wild west and knock eachother off. We really need your tax base.
Mike
And while we are at it, how about these cops get off their damn cell phones and start working!! Just this morning I encountered two situations where I was harrassed. How about a cop keeping an eye on these people who basically terrorize people all day long and arrest them? What exactly do we need cops for anyway and that is a serious question? To do paperwork after we are raped or assaulted? These cops are literally worthless because they are not proactive!! Nowhere else in the world… Let’s stop paying them at least and give the money to the poor!!! It’d be a much better value proposition, I’m certain of it. How on earth is a cop allowed to spend a single minute on a cell phone!!! How much insanity is someone supposed to swallow in a lifetime? NO CELL PHONES FOR COPS. LEAVE THEM AT THE LOCKER WHEN YOU ARE ON DUTY.
The phones you see Cops use for the most part are fairly high-tech Police Department phones. They provide vital information to the Police as they respond to a call. Cop haters like you should be better informed, you blame the police when you should blame the Bail reform and Alvin Bragg
Don’t worry you are getting your wish NYPD cops continue to leave in droves according to the NYPD Personnel Dashboard only 3587 Officers who are eligible to retire are still on the job. Most Cops now leave the job at the 1st opportunity. Who can blame them?
I think what A Goban is getting at is that officers seem to be staring at their phones, police issued or not, the way the general public is always staring at their phones. If you are looking down at your phone, you are not looking around you and observing what is going on. This is especially true of the 4-6 officers who always seem to be standing around the 95th street entrance of the 1/2/3. As a group, they always appear to be looking down at their phones and not observing around them. I understand the phones give them updates, but when you see cops constantly looking down at their phones most of the time you see them, common sense tells you they can’t just be looking at updates.
Those phones are department issued. Cops are supposed to check for updates, get info, connect with supervisors etc. Your issue is with the mayor, city council, DA and the state legislature. They write the laws. Street cops are following orders.
Unless I missed it, I don’t recall seeing a photo of this whacko. Let’s see what he looks like so we can avoid him now that is undoubtedly back on the street thanks to the foolishness of NYC state and city government. We voted for it. And now we get what we voted for.
If a photo of Simon Jeter is ever available please publish it as it would be useful to know who to avoid since he will likely be out there again.
And why on earth aren’t these suspects being at least charged with hate crimes? That would put an end to this nonsense immediately. At some point, doesn’t it seem like government actually knows what is happening and is actually behind it, even routing for it? Seems that way to me. You sucker punch a woman while she is with her husband and it’s not hate toward women? What is it then? Why her? Gender, race and age are all qualifiers for hate crimes. They all seem to relevant in these situations, certainly enough so to warrant at least being charged with a hate crime.
I think he has to state while committing the crime that it is due to her gender. And someone else has to hear it. You can’t “assume” it’s hate based.
Actions speak louder than w.ords. Men are seldom assaulted or mugged unless they are elderly.
No, there would have to be evidence obviously. Highly doubt the perpetrator has to announce it though.
Let me just say, Thank you! to that “group of guys” that chased down this individual. We’re being pushed to our limits with this. Thank goodness there are some out there that will do the right thing.
Thank you to that group of citizens who helped to capture the assailant. It’s so unfortunate that they had to possibly put their lives at risk but, when something horrible like this occurs, knowing others are there to help is very meaningful. As much as we would want more police protection, there could never be enough manpower to prevent so many random acts of violence. What’s needed is an effective justice system to deal with offenders.
Third-degree assault is not even worth the paperwork and certainly doesn’t fit what happened to the victim. Shameful.
When I walk with my wife at night in the neighborhood we never hold hands. The idea is that a couple walking together holding hands is perceived by an would-be aggressor as one weak entity, whereas two people walking side by side have a better chance of being perceived as two distinct entities to be dealt with. In addition to that, I am a 6’2” muscular 48 year old who looks younger than my age, and my wife is 5’6” esvelt blond with a firm demeanor.
I hope that, soon, crime becomes important enough to Democrats such that they rethink their voting decisions.
Not if they lose at least some major seats to the opposition. Right now even moderate democrats can’t do anything because they are bullied by the radical left.
I’m glad they caught the guy, and hope the victim recovers soon.
The goal should be to provide services such that we don’t have people ending up as homeless and mentally ill at age twenty, so neither someone like him or his victim have to suffer in the first place.
what makes you think the perpetrator is suffering?
Sarah,
Please be aware that NYC is obligated to provide shelter to anyone who needs, even if not a NYC resident.
The alleged assailant might not even be from NYC.
He might not have a mental illness.
There is no information on his situation or background
Great Sarah, but until you figure out how to “provide services such that we don’t have people ending up homeless and mentally ill” (there’s no evidence ironically of mentally ill, btw), we are going to have to put people who do these things in jail. Let us know when you figure it all out.
I tried to post this in the morning, but WSR didn’t publish yet. It was the matter of fact when Sarah puts the victim and the perpetrator in the same category. Apparently the poor perpetrator didn’t get some services despite that we are unaware of his situation and mental health.
——my original comment———
It is right next to my building. I’m terrified for my family. Feel awful for the woman.
Pleasantly surprised that the passerbyers got involved, great job guys!
Sarah, any comment regarding how Simon Jeter is the real victim here?
Raj, please tone it down on the trolling. You’re ascribing things to Sarah that she never said.
Broadway and 69th on the uptown 104 side is especially dark at night.
He will do no jail time – I was hit years ago on the Upper West Side. My nose was broken and the random assault was witnessed by a police officer and 2 other people. The person who did assault was arrested and plead guilty and did anger management classes. There is no justice for assaults in NYC unless it’s a murder.
Massive thanks to the group of guys that stepped up. Brave men raised right.
Ladies if you’d like to feel safer, check out the birdie alarm for your keys. The noise is meant to draw attention/help and the strobe hits security cameras to help illuminate suspects
We get what we deserve by voting along party lines; always Democrats. Electing DeBlasio twice, now Bragg?What do you expect? The city is unsafe; the UWS has never been this bad. We vote for local officials based on positions they have no influence over, instead of people who can actually make an impact on our daily lives. As long as we continue down this path, we’ll all be looking over our shoulders.
Instead we could have a Manhattan George Santos? Not sure why people assume a Republican will change the UWS for the better – how about voting based on policies and background character check
I cannot believe how many people here actually expect that any form of justice will be served. I’m not being hyperbolic but NOTHING is going to happen, and I would bet money that he’s already out with a desk appearance ticket. Say what you will about the NY Post, but they report the crime and what never happens as a result of a crime. Wake up, get your heads out of the sand and vote for politicians for their policies, not their party.
clearly the UWS triggers him. Let’s make sure he doesn’t get to reside at any of the local shelters. It’s enough he’s attacked this woman, he doesn’t need to be enabled to attack anymore over here. A better plan is removal from the public domain until psychiatric clearance is achieved. In the meantime can the author please confirm whether this person is known to live at any local shelters? Questioning the mobile outreach team run by Goddard riverside would be a good first step although their outreach seems to amount to nothing more than window dressing. Id love some stats on their success rates. A joke. These articles should always aim to tell us where the perp lives. It is not okay to keep subsidizing people who hurt people and saying it’s great for them to live here. It is not great. They need to be away from people – go upstate or something where there are fewer people to punch. Once you’re better then come back.
Maybe its time to stop drawing political lines and vote IN effective leadership. I am exhausted watching my neighborhood unable to fully recover. Current leadership kicks the can down the road. Chuck Schumer hasn’t commented at all about the immigration issues…..We need to vote for quality PEOPLE not who runs on what ticket.
Elections have consequences. We accept this and leave the same people in charge for decades.
Sucker punching a helpless person is not a misdemeanor level crime. It’s a victim who even if they recover fully on a physical basis is likely to have lifelong fear just walking down the street. It’s an assault on every one of us who has to fear letting our daughters just walk down the street in broad daylight.
To hell with the politicians who don’t care.
And I know its somehow more egregious when a woman gets sucker punched, but let’s not forget the men who become victims also of these vicious attacks. Sucker punching is such a dangerous thing and people don’t realize what can happen. Best case is you have PTSD and maybe a black eye or bloody nose, worse is the broken nose, broken facial bones or impaired eyesight or detached retina. Even worse still is permanent brain injury from the uncontrolled fall to the pavement or even death, which happens more than one would think. This insanity needs to stop.
Thank God for the men who went after this suspect. Thank you gentlemen who had the courage to get this lowlife. If every guy who attacked a woman knew he’d have to deal with the men of the UWS, maybe we’d have less of it.
Reading these comments makes me understand that people are not understanding the real issues. Probably because of low-information Entertainment News that are agenda machines for corporate media empires.
Everyone wants MORE police. Lock these people up! Lock them UP!
Obviously, this person is a disturbed individual that needs help. As a free society, it is THEIR responsibility to find and use the system to create a stable life that doesn’t impede another person. But if that is not possible, and the system doesn’t offer the level of care a person needs, then they are… Still to blame? Not my concern? Should be locked up?
The level of services this person needs will easily cost $100k a year or more. And our society has deemed THIS as an untenable cost-to-benefit ratio and instead created the minimum level of support that LEGALLY is mandated. Right to shelter for instance.
The first step is that this person needs to see they HAVE a problem. They have a right to fail. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/right-to-fail/
And that is the most frustrating part. If we provide an excellent place for them to exist? We can’t control what they do afterward. How they will appreciate the situation. If they can follow the rules. And the situation distills down to control. We can only control a person through incarceration. But can we control OURSELVES and understand that this is a problem that won’t go away unless WE as a society change some of our economic priorities?