Wednesday, September 21, 2011

More details emerge about attack on East Eighth Street Saturday morning

As reported Saturday morning, several residents said that a man had attacked a woman on East Eighth Street between Avenue B and Avenue C.

On Monday, Patrick Hedlund at DNAInfo had more details about the assault, which occurred around 8:20 a.m. Saturday. The man, listed as Neil Essex, "allegedly threw the woman to the ground and began punching her in the face ... The complaint claimed that Essex then removed the woman’s pants and raped her while choking her so viciously that she lost consciousness."

Hedlund had a follow-up story last evening. Police sources said that Essex did not know his victim, "claiming that he pounced on her suddenly on the street in broad daylight."

According to the Post today: "Essex was arrested for allegedly killing his mother in 1984; the status of that case wasn’t immediately available."

One source said that Essex had been staying at a halfway house on East Sixth Street.
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4 comments:

  1. nygrumpSeptember 21, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    Is the halfway house Odyssey House? You mean those guys I see hooting at women walking past?

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  2. crab appleSeptember 21, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    This piece of shit needs to be castrated!!!!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    Where is Odyssey House?

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Odyssey House is on 6th st. between 2nd and 1st. It's across the street from Taj and a few doors down from David Schwimmer's new place.

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