Teen arrested in random beating of man, 71, as NYPD seeks additional suspect in elderly assault

By Amanda Woods

The teen boy allegedly punched a 71-year-old man in the face and shoved him on West 55th Street near Broadway. DCPI

A 14-year-old boy was busted this week for allegedly slugging an elderly man in an unprovoked attack in Midtown, cops said. 

The teen was nabbed at his home Wednesday and charged with assault in connection to the May 6 assault on a 71-year-old man on West 55th Street near Broadway, police said. 

The boy approached the septuagenarian from behind just after 9 p.m., punched him in the face and pushed him to the ground, authorities said. 

The pint-sized assailant took off, and the senior was taken to Mount Sinai West for medical treatment, cops said. 

Days after the attack, police released a photo of the suspect, standing with one clenched fist, in hopes of tracking him down. 

In a separate incident later this month, a 69-year-old woman was slugged on board a Queens train around 12:50 p.m. Friday, cops said.

The victim was riding a Manhattan-bound E train approaching Queens Plaza when the stranger approached her, police said. 

He punched her once in the head without saying a word, before getting off the train when it pulled into the station, authorities said. 

Another assailant slugged a 69-year-old woman in a random attack on a Queens train, cops said.

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The victim suffered minor injuries and was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where she was listed in stable condition. 

Police are still looking to track down that suspect, shown on surveillance footage with a small face tattoo and dark curly hair. 

He is described as between 30 and 40 years old, with a light complexion and slim build, standing around 6 feet tall. 

He was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black sweatpants, and black sneakers.

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NSW woman spared jail over elderly assault

A Sydney nursing assistant who repeatedly slapped an 85-year-old dementia patient and hit her in the face with her own bathroom rubbish has been spared jail.

Dana Maree Gray, 59, was in August sentenced to 17 months' imprisonment with a six-month non-parole period for assaulting the "entirely dependent" woman while working at The Poplars nursing home in North Epping in August 2017.

However, at Burwood Local Court on Thursday, magistrate Robyn Denes ordered Gray serve the sentence by way of home detention.

Gray had worked in the dementia unit of the home since December 2013 when she walked into the "vulnerable" woman's bedroom and unleashed the "domestic violence" attack, Ms Denes said upon sentencing last month.

The magistrate condemned Gray's abuse of her "position of trust" and the way her offending came to light.

Footage of the assault, tendered in court, was shot on a GoPro camera hidden by a colleague of Gray's who feared for the residents' safety.

It shows Gray raising the woman's bed to chest height so she can't sit or lay down, aggressively pulling off her clothes, slapping her repeatedly and grabbing her hair before hitting her twice in the face with a bag of rubbish.

Ms Denes refused in June to hear the matter under the Mental Health Act and Gray was also deemed "unsuitable" to serve any sentence via community service due to an arm disability.

Her home detention sentence expires on February 19, 2020.

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