New York Police and sources revealed on Tuesday that a man, harboring hatred towards women and sought for over seven random assaults on women in New York City, has been apprehended.
Daquan Armstead for Allegedly Punching Random Women
Daquan Armstead, 31, was taken into detention by law enforcement shortly after midnight and accused of third-degree attack and harassment of about eight unjustified assaults on women this year, as per the sources.
One of these circumstances involves an attack on April 17 versus a 27-year-old New York University administrator, who was hit in the face while walking over Washington Square Park around 10:30 a.m., according to police reports.
The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is conducting an inspection, although particular details have not been revealed.
The destructive sequence of assaults began on February 12, when Armstead supposedly came nearer a 30-year-old female on Elizabeth Street around 11:50 a.m. and punched her without caution before running away.
On March 24, he supposedly attacked a 30-year-old female on Delancey Street around 2 a.m., striking her in the back of the head as she turned. He then fled the scene.
The next day, Armstead is indicted of punching a 36-year-old female in the back as she walked at Chrystie and Rivington streets around 10:15 a.m., according to police reports.
Man Assaulted Different Women
On April 2, he supposedly attacked another female after asking the 38-year-old casualty for $1 and getting a negative response - prompting him to punch her in the back of the head.
Police also allege that he attacked two women in separate incidents on Delancey Street on April 5 - a 25-year-old who was punched on the right side of her head around 12:25 p.m. and a 44-year-old who was punched in the face just five minutes later.
In the last reported attack before the assault on the NYU administrator, Armstead allegedly punched a 24-year-old woman on Stanton Street after she declined his request for $1 shortly before 10 a.m. Records indicate that his prior arrests trace back to a 2021 misdemeanor assault case.
He is anticipated to face arraignment on the new charges later Tuesday. Authorities have also been probing a series of other assaults on women that have not been linked to Armstead, including an incident where a 23-year-old woman was assaulted outside a Union Square McDonald's last month.
Among the recent victims was Halley Kate, a TikTok influencer with 1.1 million followers, who posted a video last week detailing a vicious assault that caused her to lose consciousness.
Skiboky Stora, 40, who has a significant criminal record, was arrested in connection with that incident. In another unrelated attack, a 57-year-old Brooklyn school bus aide was assaulted by an agitated individual - a brutal assault resulting in a broken jaw and several lost teeth - in Crown Heights, according to police.
Franz Jeudy, 33 - known for previous sucker-punch attacks and dealing with mental health issues - faces misdemeanor assault charges in connection with that assault, as per a criminal complaint.
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