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Posted on 10/15/2013 11:07:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The victim was slashed after refusing to give the man more than $1
A Long Island panhandler was arrested Sunday after allegedly slashing a man who had just given him money, tossing a brick through a store window and showing up at the same hospital where his victim was being treated.
The suspect approached the man on Meacham Avenue near the Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont about 3 a.m. and asked the man repeatedly for money, Nassau County police say. The victim gave the suspect $1, but the panhandler asked for more when he saw extra cash in the victim’s wallet.
When the victim refused, police say the panhandler pulled out a knife and stabbed and slashed the man in the face, neck, chest and hands. Then, to stop the attack, the victim grabbed a pipe off the ground and hit the panhandler.
After the stabbing, the suspect ran away and allegedly tossed a brick through the window of a nearby gas station. Then, police say, he went to the hospital.
The stabbing victim had just been driven to the same hospital. The victim, who had serious lacerations and stab wounds, saw the panhandler there and pointed him out.
The panhandler was arrested at the hospital and is charged with first-degree assault, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal mischief and two counts of attempted robbery.
It’s starting to get cold outside. Time to get arrested for something that will only get you locked up for a few months.
The perp should have had a pipe sticking in his gut. Never stop hitting a perp, until he stays down.
Yeah well, in warm places like here in Hollywood they seem to gang up on you at the 7-11. I once gave one of these losers 3 cents and the clown just throw the coins at the floor so why bother?
“Time to get arrested for something that will only get you locked up for a few months.”
Can one still be sentenced to hard labor?
Why not attempted murder as well?
They’re not beggars anymore; they’re demanders.
Earnest T done gone bad for real. d;^)
Time to get arrested for something that will only get you locked up for a few months.”
Can one still be sentenced to hard labor?
Isn’t that why they don’t pull this cr@p in Sheriff Joe’s jurisdiction? One time being housed in tents, eating baloney sandwiches and actually having to labor and lowlifes find somewhere else to be.
Never (automatically, without thinking it through, spontaneously) open your wallet in front of a homeless/beggar person.
Walk away, think it through, then walk back with the money ready to give.
Nothing good ever happens at 3am.
Why didn’t the victim pull out his 9mm oh wait this is NY nevermind.
>> the victim grabbed a pipe off the ground and hit the panhandler. <<
Sounds like the victim might get charged in this. Hopefully he has a nice umbrella policy to protect him from the upcoming lawsuit.
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The Harry Reid style of panhandling...
There have been times when I carried around a plastic toy gun that looked real enough. It gives one a few extra seconds to get away & let those vultures pick on someone else. It’s impossible to get a CCW license in the SF Bay area, so in cases like this, something is better than nothing. Unfortunately, perps carry real guns often enough that carrying a fake one will catch up to you, eventually.
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