The suspect, 31-year-old Rashid Brimmage, is charged with assault. He reportedly has more than 100 prior arrests and was recognized by a police officer who had seen the surveillance video.
Police say Brimmage is not only a career criminal, but a transit recidivist. He became a level 2 sex offender with a July 23, 2014 arrest for persistent sexual abuse.
His most recent arrest was March 9, for reportedly punching a 29-year-old man at a pizza shop in East Harlem. He received a desk appearance ticket.
In February, he allegedly punched a 39-year-old female at a Dunkin’ Donuts in the Bronx, and then punched a 39-year-old man at the same donut shop.
He is also a suspect in a February grand larceny in the subway in East Harlem.
100 arrests and he is still on the street. Does he live at home, where. And who would put up with him?
A person that has been arrested over a hundred times, including sexual assault by the age of 31 probably figures he can get away with just about anything.
I would love to see some MMA people dressed up like the aged and knock the snot of out these punks.
“I’m frightened to tears,” she said. “I’m not going to walk there on my own, and it’s very upsetting. It’s very upsetting.”
The push caused the woman, a retired teacher who didn’t want her name used, to fall on the ground and hit her head on a fire hydrant.
“I thought it was a brick or something like that,” she said. “Hit me on the right scalp, on the right side of my head, and of course I fell down on the street. There were a couple of young women there. They helped me up. They said, ‘I’m going to call an ambulance.’”
She’s still bruised but otherwise OK after the routine walk to the drug store ended with a trip to the ER. She credits her good health for making it home, where she intends to stay for the time being.
“I’ve felt very safe in the city, and now, forget it,” she said. “I’m afraid to go out.”
Sad... that regular exercise was probably helping keep her alive. And now she may not even get that if she’s too afraid to go out.
And yet, freely strolling the streets of New York. Over one hundred prior arrests?!
Human dirt like this just needs to be extinguished.