Punch a 9 Year Old!
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Man arrested for allegedly punching 9-year-old girl in the face at Grand Central Terminal
A suspect has been arrested following a search after allegedly punching a 9-year-old girl in the face in New York City's Grand Central Terminal.
The brute accused of punching a 9-year-old girl at Grand Central Terminal allegedly told police he launched the unprovoked attack because he was “thirsty,” prosecutors said Monday.
The bizarre motive for Jean Carlos Zarzuela’s alleged Saturday assault was revealed by prosecutors during his arraignment during which he was ordered held on $100,000 bail — after being cut loose earlier this month following a similar attack.
“I hit the girl in the face because I was thirsty,” Zarzuela, 30, allegedly told a detective, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Shara Safer said during the arraignment. “Maybe I hit her in the face by accident.”
Jean Carlos Zarzuela, 30, is accused of assaulting the child at around 11:50 a.m. Saturday in the dining concourse. The girl was standing near her mother when Zarzuela is said to have walked up to them and punched the girl in the face for no apparent reason before running away.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) police officers provided aid to the girl, who reported feeling dizziness and pain. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment and is expected to be okay.
Zarzuela is known to the MTA police department. Officers were looking for him and asked for the public's help in locating him before he was taken into custody Saturday night and charged with assault.
The little girl was taken to NYU Langone-Tisch Hospital following Saturday’s assault, sources previously said.
He was also accused of attempting to assault another person during the alleged outburst, according to a criminal complaint.
He’s facing two counts of third-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree attempted assault and second-degree harassment.
Before his two cases this month, Zarzuela had a history of other arrests and was placed on supervised release tied to a case a year ago, DA Safer said in court.
“He failed to appear at his next court date and a bench warrant was issued. The defendant returned involuntarily to court nearly a year later when he was arrested again for punching a stranger in the face,” DA Safer said in reference to the April 4 assault.
Nokie Says
C: Okay, what is going on with the justice system in NYC? Is the justice system in NYC run by complete incompetent buffoons?
C: FACT: In any given year, around 1 in 5 New Yorkers will show signs of mental health problems. Statewide, nearly 1 in 6 people will have a substance abuse problem at some point during their life. Soo, this may be the answer as to why the NYC Justice System is so messed up, because some of that 1 in 5 are working for the NYC Justice System!!
C: Child is white, criminal is black and his other victims are also white, buttt the White supremacists are the real threat? It appears that all races have racist individuals, but the vast majority of 'Black on White' crimes are not categorized as racist crimes!
C: Appears these types of crazies are not just targeting adult women, they're attacking little girls?? These guys should not be charged with just assault. They should be charged with attempted murder.
C: FYI - Actually took longer for the authorities to find him than it did for him to be released back onto the streets with no bail.
C: Correction: This is what the headlines should read: "Homeless man freed without bail after randomly breaking a woman’s nose went on to sucker-punch a 9 year old girl in the face in Grand Central Station"
C: Welcome to New York, United States of America. It's a great country where man can punch 9 years old girl. What type of society has America become? Aren't we just proud to be Americans and when this craziness happens and we cannot do anything about it?
