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Daquan Armstead charged in string of random NYC attacks on women over the past month: NYPD

A deranged woman-hating maniac wanted for more than a half-dozen random attacks on women in the Big Apple is finally in custody, police and sources said Tuesday.

Daquan Armstead, 31, was picked up by cops shortly after midnight and charged with third-degree assault and harassment in eight unprovoked attacks on women over the past month, the sources said.

That includes an April 17 attack on a 27-year-old administrator at New York University, who was slugged in the face while walking through Washington Square Park around 10:30 a.m., according to police.

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating, although details weren’t released.

Daquan Armstead, 31, is charged with eight random attacks on women in the Big Apple dating to February. Matthew McDermott

Armstead is also being charged in seven other attacks this year.

The violent spree began on Feb. 12, when police said Armstead allegedly walked up to a 30-year-old woman on Elizabeth Street around 11:50 a.m. and punched her without warning, then fled.

On March 24 he allegedly attacked a 30-year-old woman on Delancy Street at around 2 a.m., hitting the victim in the back of the head as she turned. He then ran from the scene.

The following day Armstead is charged with punching a 36-year-old woman in the back as she walked along Chrystie and Rivington streets around 10:15 a.m., police said.

On April 2, he allegedly slugged another woman after he asked the 38-year-old victim for $1 and she replied that she had no cash — so he punched her in the back of the head.

Police said he is also accused of attacking two women in separate incidents on Delancey Street on April 5 — a 25-year-old who was slugged 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, according to cops.

In the last alleged attack before the assault on the NYU administrator, police said Armstead punched a 24-year-old woman on Stanton Street after she also refused when he asked her for $1 shortly before 10 a.m.

Police said Daquan Armstead allegedly attacked a woman at Essex and Delancey streets on April 5 — and another woman down the street five minutes later. Google Maps
Daquan Armstead is chaarged with random attacks on two women on Delancey Street earlier this month — and six other assaults since Februrary. Google Maps

Records show his prior busts date to a 2021 misdemeanor asault case.

He is expected to be arraigned on the new charges later on Tuesday.

Police have also been investigating a series of other attacks on woman that have not been linked to Armstead, including a 23-year-old woman slugged outside Union Square McDonald’s last month.

Among the other recent victims was Halley Kate, an influencer with 1.1 million followers on TikTok, who posted a video last week saying she was assaulted so viciously that she blacked out.

Daquan Armstead, 31, was arrested early Tuesday and is being charged with eight random attacks on women. Obtained by NY Post

Skiboky Stora, 40, a criminal with an extensive criminal record, was busted in that case.

In another random attack, a 57-year-old Brooklyn school bus aide was slugged by an unhinged man — a brutal attack that broke her jaw and knocked out several teeth — in Crown Heights, cops said.

Franz Jeudy, 33 — who has a history of sucker-punch attacks and mental illness — was hit with misdemeanor assault charges in that attack, according to a criminal complaint..

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61-year-old dies after dispute over NYC parking spot

A 61-year-old man died after a 30-year-old tow truck driver allegedly punched him in the face, causing him to fall back onto the pavement following a dispute over parking Saturday night in Brooklyn.

The deadly dispute broke out around 8:45 p.m. at a Shell gas station at 1143 Clarkson Avenue in Brownsville, according to officials.


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The man was punched in the face by a 30-year old tow truck driver. CITIZEN

The argument “became physical” and the tow truck driver punched the older man in the face, causing him to “fall and hit the pavement,” police said.

Emergency responders were called to the scene and brought the 61-year-old to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center. He was pronounced dead at 9:17 p.m., police said.

The tow truck driver was taken into custody at the scene and charges were pending, according to the NYPD.

Authorities have not released the identity of the victim.

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Cliched anti-Israel protesters need a rap sheet

While the rest of us working stiffs were just trying to get to the office so we can keep our jobs and pay our ever-mounting bills, a group of privileged radicals were blocking nearly every artery in and out of Manhattan during Monday rush hour.

For a few hours, it was unnecessary havoc in the Big Apple.

Chains of anti-Israel agitators squatted in front of bridges and tunnels bringing traffic to a standstill, trapping commuters.

The chaos caused stonewalled New Yorkers to lean on their horns, creating a city-wide symphony of frustration.

Police arrested 325 demonstrators in the so-called “Shut it down for Palestine” debacle, many of them masked to obscure their faces and fend off personal and professional consequences.

However, once their names were shared, the list unsurprisingly, read like an open casting call for Portlandia, the reality show. Or Dancing With the Democratic Socialists of America.”

Susan Saradon attended the protests that shut down the tunnels and bridges because “no one is free until everyone is free.” Writers Against the War on Gaza/ X
Pro Palestinian protesters shut down the Brooklyn Bridge during a coordinated effort to shut down Manhattan traffic. Steven Hirsch

A paint-by-numbers band of over-educated members of the lecturing class. Suspects so usual, it’s painfully embarrassing.

There were a Fulbright scholar, Ivy league grads, multiple NYU graduate students, a poet who identifies as nonbinary, a filmmaker for HBO and Netflix — and out-of-town protesters who gave cops home addresses in Georgia and Florida.

But what about a gender and sexuality teacher, who lives in a $1.2m Prospect Heights condo, you ask? Let’s meet Ann Holder, a veteran protester who teaches at Pratt.

Artist Eli Coplan, whose parents own millions of dollars in real estate, was busted for participating in the coordinated protests. Eli Coplan / Instagram

Then there’s Eli Coplan, a 31-year-old artist whose work has been shown in the Whitney. His parents have a multimillion dollar real estate portfolio in Colorado and California, and he enjoys dressing as Marie Antoinette, at least according to his Instagram.

For a little Hollywood razzle-dazzle, wealthy Oscar winner Susan Sarandon cheered on her fellow activists.

No cliche left unturned. A perfect protester bingo card.

Anti-Israel protesters blocking the Manhattan entrance of the Brooklyn bridge are arrested. AFP via Getty Images

I guess the union electricians weren’t able to join on account of having to actually show up for work. If they ever made it there.

In other words, the only time these peoples’ hands have gotten dirty was when they plunged them into concrete-filled tires, so cops would have trouble cuffing them.

Naye Idriss, a 25-year-old NYU grad student with a degree from Columbia, was also hauled in. She marked the October 7 massacre by addressing a crowd in Times Square the next day to say it was “the beginning of our victory.”

That was after she used her NYU library mailroom job to write “f–k” over the word Israel on a discarded Israeli mailbag. That’s what an Ivy League degree teaches you.

Poet and PhD candidate, Nora Laine Herzog identifies as nonbinary. LinkedIn

Ilana Cruger-Zaken of South Salem in Westchester took time from her busy schedule of studying the Judeo-Neo Aramaic dialects of northeastern Kurdistan at NYU, to partake in the mass disruption that was organized by six radical anti-Israel groups.

The scholar of the esoteric bragged on Instagram, “And we’ll do it again.”

Cruger-Zaken is right because the prosecution-averse DA’s office in all likelihood will give them hugs and high fives.

For shutting down the city and endangering everyone within miles, they were issued desk appearance tickets for disorderly conduct charges. Released without bail, and an open invitation to offend over and over.

Ilana Cruger-Zaken, a grad student at NYU studying Judeo-Neo Aramaic dialects of north-eastern Kurdistan bragged on instagram that the protesters will “do it again.”

This is just the latest stunt for these self-absorbed anti-Israel agitators.

They have blocked travelers’ entry to JFK, barricaded the Manhattan Bridge on Thanksgiving weekend and violently attempted to shut down the Rockefeller Center tree lighting.

This time, their aim was to create similar conditions to life in Gaza and make us New Yorkers understand what it’s like to live under a blockade. Of course, it only pissed people.

The lone hero of the day was the man who got out of his car to shove some protesters, screaming that he had to get his daughter in Brooklyn, adding that they were breaking the law.

Sunita Viswanath, once honored by the Obama White House, was also arrested in the coordinated protests. ZUMAPRESS.com

His act of defiance made us collectively cheer. At least, that trademark gritty New York fighting spirit still lives.

Thankfully it didn’t escalate into real violence. But that’s clearly how this will end: in tears, injury or death. Someone is going to get hurt, and both protesters and authorities will be scratching their heads.

Give these guys something to hang next to their fancy college degrees: a mug shot and a criminal rap sheet.

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NYPD detective Christina Cancel gave phony name twice during shoplifting bust

The suspended NYPD detective who worked in Commissioner Edward Caban’s office and allegedly stole from a Long Island Home Depot provided cops with a phony name twice before coughing up her real one, court documents reveal. 

Detective Specialist Christina Cancel, 54, allegedly gave Suffolk County Police the fake name “Lisa Lopez” and a made up date of birth  — even after cops warned she could be charged with false impersonation. 

“The defendant still gave the name of Lisa Lopez birthdate 04.12.1968,” the documents state. 

Cancel is accused of snatching $160 worth of merchandise from the home improvement store on Saturday in Deer Park, Suffolk County Police said. 

Cancel — who made more than $150,000 last year — allegedly stole a six-port charger and Beyond Bright Ultra light worth $128.97 before waltzing out the door at 10:12 a.m., according to the criminal complaint. 

The sticky-fingered detective then allegedly headed back into the store and grabbed a $29.97 USB three-port charger and walked past the registers at around noon, authorities allege. 


The detective who worked in Commissioner Edward Caban’s office gave police the fake name “Lisa Lopez” and a made up birthday. ZUMAPRESS.com

Cancel, a 19-year veteran, used a cart during her shoplifting spree, according to the complaint. 

Before cops brought her to Suffolk’s 1st Precinct, she finally admitted her real name and date of birth, the complaint shows.

She was charged with two counts of petit larceny and false personation.


The detective is accused of stealing $160 worth of merchandise from Home Depot in Deer Park, Suffolk County. Google Maps

Cancel, of Hicksville, was suspended without pay, the NYPD said.

The alleged thief worked in the Police Commissioner’s Office since July, the same month Caban was tasked with leading the department. 

It’s not the first time she was disciplined by the NYPD. 

In 2015, she lost 10 days of vacation for using another cop’s password to search the NYPD database. 

Cancel did not return a message left by The Post Thursday night. 

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Elderly man described as “nicest guy” dies in Queens housefire

An elderly victim described by neighbors as “the nicest guy” died in a Queens house fire early Sunday morning after more than 100 firefighters took two hours to extinguish the flames, officials said.

The 82-year-old man, who has not been identified, perished in the three-alarm blaze that sparked out of control at the two-story home at 218-01 36th Ave in Bayside at about 5:40 a.m., according to fire officials.

“When the fellas pulled up, it was fully involved,” FDNY Battalion Chief Brian Deery said at a morning press conference.

The elderly man was the only person in the house, Deery said.

Firefighters found him severe burns in the back of the home on the second floor, authorities said. Emergency medical workers pronounced him dead at the scene.

The quiet suburban neighborhood still smelled of smoke and ash Sunday afternoon. Homes on both sides of the blackened husk of a house showed signs of the conflagration, including melted siding and blown-out glass windows.

Neighbors told The Post that the victim was a friendly, helpful older Italian man who belonged to the local Knights of Columbus and St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church in Bayside.


It took nearly 100 firefighters almost two hours to knock down the three-alarm fire in Queens.
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An 82-year-old man died in the blaze, authorities said.
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He handed out cards and money at the church’s Bingo nights and knew everybody in the neighborhood, according to one of his neighbors, a woman named Liz.

“He was a wonderful guy,” Liz told The Post. “It’s a shame to die this way, and to die alone too … He never talked about anybody, he’d do anything for anyone.”

“I never saw anything like it this morning,” said another neighbor, who has lived across the street from the victim for more than two decades. “Flames just engulfed the house.”


Neighbors described the elderly victim as a “wonderful guy.”
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Homes on both sides suffered damage, firefighters said.
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Deery said firefighters struggled to work inside the home because of the darkness, the thick black smoke and a severe amount of clutter.

“You’re going in and you really can’t see anything and you have clutter … you’re searching and you’re bouncing into things,” Deery said. “It’s hard to maneuver … so it kind of delays the search.”

But Deery added that the mess did not stop firefighters from reaching the victim promptly.

Fire officials are still investigating the fire’s cause, the chief said.


The three-alarm fire in Bayside was extinguished at about 7:20 a.m.
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Teen clinging to life after being stabbed in stomach in NYC

A 16-year-old boy was clinging to life after he was stabbed in the stomach in the Bronx on Tuesday afternoon, cops said.

The teenager’s stomach was punctured with an unknown object at West 195th Street and Jerome Avenue around 2:30 p.m., cops said. 

Police were looking for five males who fled on foot south on Jerome Avenue.

A 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the stomach.
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The teen was stabbed with an unknown object.
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The victim is in critical condition.
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The victim was taken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition, according to police.

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NYPD officers identify 3 protesters arrested in Times Square during Tyre Nichols demonstrations

Police on Saturday identified three Manhattan residents arrested in connection with violent Tyre Nichols demonstrations in Times Square.

Candy Nicole, 25, was charged with assault, hate crime assault, and two counts of obstruction of governmental administration for punching a cop in the nose and another in the head in the Friday night fracas, the NYPD said.


Argenis Rivera, 33, was charged with criminal mischief for smashing the windshield with his foot, police said.
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Argenis Rivera, 33, was charged with criminal mischief for jumping on a marked NYPD cruiser and smashing the windshield with his foot, police said.

Katherine Stone, 34, was issued a desk appearance ticket for criminal mischief and possessing graffiti tools after she defaced the cop car, authorities said.

Read more of the Post’s coverage of Tyre Nichols’ beating death

The trio was handcuffed in the Crossroads of the World after protests of the police-beating death of Nichols turned violent.

The Times Square protest was one of several that erupted in the Big Apple as the sun went down. Others originated in Union Square and Grand Central Terminal. 


The Times Square protest was one of several that erupted in the city as the sun went down.
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Nichols died earlier this month after he was pulled over by Memphis police. The five cops involved in the traffic stop were charged with murder Thursday. Nichols and the five cops were black.

The 29-year-old Fed Ex driver’s death has sparked condemnation from leaders across the country as they urge peaceful demonstrations following the release of the graphic footage that shows Nichols pummeled and tased.

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Anti-Asian bigot wanted for attack in NYC’s Herald Square

A woman was pushed to the ground by a stranger who called her a “stupid Asian b—h” near Herald Square, cops said Tuesday while releasing photos of the suspected bigot.

The hateful creep approached the 56-year-old victim from behind at West 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue around 3:15 p.m. Dec. 31 and shoved her “without any prior conversation or provocation,” according to police.

“Stupid Asian b—h,” the attacker muttered. “Do you want another one?”

The maniac then fled in an unknown direction, cops said.

The woman suffered a minor injury to her arm but refused medical attention.

The attacker was described as an adult male with a light complexion, who stands about 5-foot-6 and has and “a large build,” cops said. He also has short dark hair and a full beard.

Police released surveillance photos of the suspect obtained from the vicinity of the incident. He was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt with white lettering on the back, camouflaged sweatpants and black sneakers, cops said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

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Thieves snatch $2M in jewels in NYC smash-and-grab heist

A crew of masked thieves pulled off a brazen smash-and-grab heist at a high-end Brooklyn jewelry store — making off with up to $2 million in gems in less than a minute.

Employees and shoppers were still inside Facets Jewelry in Park Slope around 5 p.m. Sunday when the three crooks stormed in, threatened to shoot a worker and began smashing display cases with hammers, police and witnesses said.

“I am shocked,” shop owner Irina Sulay told The Post on Monday. “Honestly, it’s very scary. I couldn’t even talk yesterday. I was hyperventilating, crying, sobbing, shaking.

“The whole thing lasted 38 seconds. They took two and a half full cases of diamond engagement rings, newer pieces we’ve designed in-house and pieces we’ve collected — art deco and Edwardian rings,” she said. “I want to say 100 rings.” Sulay said the stolen goods are valued at between $1 million and $2 million.

Thieves made off with up to $2 million in valuables from Facets Jewelry in Park Slope on Sunday.
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The owner said she was helping a customer when the three crooks showed up outside, with two lingering and the third ringing the buzzer to get into the store.

“I always like to give people the benefit of the doubt,” she explained. “It’s difficult. You try not to racially profile anyone and not be judgmental or discriminatory.

Once inside, she said, “the guy reaches into his pocket and pulls out a hammer — I didn’t even understand how a hammer could fit in there — and he says, ‘and this is how you use a hammer.’ He smashed three of our main displays.”

She said one of her employees reached for the phone, “but she’s shaking so she hands the phone to me and that’s when the guy in the door yells, ‘Don’t move! What the f–k are you going? I’m going to shoot you!’”

The three then took off with the merchandise and remain on the loose.

No one was physically hurt in the robbery — nor did the thieves actually display a gun.

But the incident nonetheless left workers and customers shaken, Sulay said.

“Just yesterday we were talking about the new year, that it was going to be a good year, and eight days later an insane situation has occurred,” she said.

“This is a woman-run business. We’re all mothers. There’s three women in the front.”

Thieves made off with up to $2 million in goods from Facets Jewelry in Park Slope.
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Wife of late TV producer hit with kid-endanger raps at posh NYC hotel: cops

The wife of late ABC producer Dax Tejera was busted hours after his fatal heart attack — for allegedly endangering their two little girls at a posh Manhattan hotel, an NYPD spokesman said Monday. 

Tejera, 37, a producer for “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” died Dec. 23, and cops was called to The Yale Club at 50 Vanderbilt Ave. later that night over a report of unattended children, police said.

A preliminary investigation “revealed that a 2-year-old female and a 5-month-old female were left alone inside of a hotel room for an extended period of time,” police said. 

Their mother, Dax’s widow Veronica Tejera, was later charged with two counts of “acting in a manner injurious to a child,” according to police.

Veronica was hit with a desk-appearance ticket and will have to appear in criminal court at a future date. 

Dax Tejera was an executive producer on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”

Dax and Veronica Tejera with their children.
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The couple posing with an elephant.
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Dax Tejera died Dec. 23, and his wife was hit with child-endangerment charges later that night, the NYPD said.
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His death was announced in an internal e-mail at ABC News on Dec. 24 by division President Kim Godwin, who noted his “energy, passion and love” for his work, according to reports.

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