A lifelong New Yorker says she is ready to call it quits on the Big Apple after she was assaulted on the Upper West Side, but her alleged attacker was
EXCLUSIVE | Upper West Side assault victim says she’s leaving Big Apple after attacker with long arrest history is set freeA lifelong New York er says she is ready to call it quits on the Big Apple after she was assaulted on the Upper West Side and is forced to face her attacker every day because he was released back on the streets.
“I hit my head against the wall, I was bleeding,” she recalled. “I needed to go to the emergency room.” Sources familiar with the investigation into the matter identified the assailant as 60-year-old Charles Rogers, an unhoused man whose last known address was a Lower Manhattan homeless shelter. He was arrested by police days later on Nov. 8 and slapped with assault and menacing charges.
“I am worried nothing is going to happen,” the victim told amNewYork Metro. “The other thing I’m very upset about is that they’re charging him with a misdemeanor.”Law enforcement sources reported that Rogers is no stranger to assaults and has an extensive criminal past, racking up at least 39 arrests dating back to 1987. Police sources report that Rogers was arrested in 2018 for criminal possession of a controlled substance — crack cocaine.
Furthermore, authorities report that Rogers was scheduled to appear in court in late November for the Dunkin’ Donuts attack but did not appear, leaving a warrant to be issued for his arrest.
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