Man With 40 Prior Arrests Nabbed in NYC Sucker Punch | NBC New York
Published Date: 6/2/2021
Source: NBC New York
A 48-year-old man with nearly as many arrests as his years of life has been charged with felony hate crime assault and other crimes in a random sucker punch that knocked out a 55-year-old woman in Chinatown, police sources with direct knowledge of the investigation told News 4 Tuesday. Alexander Wright also faces charges of misdemeanor assault and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the attack around 6:15 p.m. on Bayard Street, the police sources said. Authorities allege that's where he randomly punched a woman as she walked by him, coming from the opposite direction, on the sidewalk. Several people who witnessed the violence rushed to aid the woman who appeared to be unconscious, according to surveillance video posted by New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou on Twitter.