Callous attacker busted in brutal NYC punch that knocked woman, 81 unconscious: cops
Hansel Esparragoza, 37 – a Staten Island resident with 21 prior arrests – was charged with felony assault in the Sept. 13 caught-on-video attack on Geula Freeman at West 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, authorities said.
Esparragoza was most recently arrested in August for petit larceny, and in July for acting in a manner injurious to a child – both in Staten Island, cops and sources said. Moments later, he turned around and senselessly dealt a blow to the right side of the woman’s face, the video shows.The sudden attack knocked Freeman to the ground unconscious, according to cops and the footage.
“I have amnesia, I don’t even remember what had happened,” Freeman previously told The Post of the attack. “Except that I have the face and body to feel that.”“I don’t take it personally, it was random, nobody really wanted to do it just to me. I don’t take it personally,” Freeman said. “It was such a surprise because it was described to me how it happened that I would not have been able to do anything,” she said of the attack.“But at least I’m now looking to see who’s coming toward me and not to be too close to people, and like in the last two days when I see people a little bit off, I just really make sure I’m a little bit far from them so I’m very vigilant.
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