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Police Release Sketch in Staten Island Attacks

assaultsketch.jpgPolice released a sketch of a man who they suspect is not just the man who attacked a woman at a Staten Island bus stop early Thursday morning, but may be a serial attacker who could have attacked another woman earlier this year. The latest attack occurred when a 25-year-old woman got off a bus in the Eltingville section of Staten Island at 2 a.m. Almost immediately, she was thrown to the ground, by a man described as in his 30s and with a heavyset build. The victim fought back and the attacker ran off with only her bag.

In February, a woman was similarly attacked at a bus stop and forced into the back yard of a nearby home, where she was robbed and sexually assaulted. The man did not cease his assault until the home's owner returned. Police suspect that the two men are one and the same, although the February description of the attacker described him as being in his teens, whereas the most recent account places him in his 30s.

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  • RoDogg

    And I sure your "statistics" came from a group of whites who put them together. This is America if you didn't know. Remember the Florida re-count? What happen to thousands of black votes that was never counted? The majority of your news you get for white media sources, they mean nothing!

  • stagnant

    Actually, majority of crimes are not committed by whites.

    Source?

    Sure, example, 100 crimes are committed by whites, while 50 crimes are committed by blacks. In a place where there are 1000 whites and 100 blacks.

    Statistics, sir.

  • RoDogg

    The majority of crimes are committed by whites, I'm more shocked!

  • Spear_Chucker

    He's black? I'm shocked!

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