Man attacks stranger with feces
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NEW YORK CITY — Charges are pending against a man accused in two feces attacks in New York City.
Police said the 42-year-old man was taken into custody at a Brooklyn homeless shelter. He’s being held at the Special Victims Unit in East Harlem, CBS 2 News in New York reports.
The man was seen on surveillance video Monday evening sneaking up behind a 27-year-old woman on East 74th Street, shoving a bag of feces down her pants and grabbing her buttocks, police said.
The man is then seen on the video taking off a glove and running away.
Police said the same suspect is also believed to be involved in a second incident earlier in the day Monday.
“Really disgusting attacks,” said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce.
In that incident, a 33-year-old woman was walking along 91st Street between Madison and Park avenues when the suspect threw excrement at her.
Police said the woman was hit in the face and torso.
The suspect has 21 prior arrests, according to CBS 2.