http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/02/20/bronx_times_reporter/police_and_courts/doc499eddf8126e0634641078.txt
TUES, FEB. 10th, 1:05 p.m. – 558 East 181 St. Police were alerted that a robbery had taken place. Upon arriving at the crime scene, authorities learned that two males had forced they way into the home after knocking on the door. A 41-year-old Hispanic male, wheelchair bound, was assaulted and received a minor injury during the incident. An unknown amount of cash was taken from the home.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Sickening attack on disabled teenager
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Sickening-attack-on-disabled-teenager.4952817.jp
Published Date:
05 February 2009
By Stef Hall, Crime Reporter
Residents have spoken of their shock after a group of men attacked a badly disabled young woman in the street.
The Evening Post received calls from horrified readers after the 19-year-old was assaulted in Garden Street, Lostock Hall, near Preston, at around 6.40pm on Sunday.
Police said the victim was getting out of her car when she was approached by a man and attacked without warning.
Neighbours saw the attacker push the teenager to the ground. A second man then struck her several times on the leg.
The victim was helped up by an unknown person but was then assaulted again on the way back to her car, officers said.
Finally she was helped by two residents who alerted the police.
An Evening Post reader, who did not wish to be named, said: "I was disgusted when I heard what had happened. My daughter had to help the girl to safety.
"The girl was very noticeably disabled, it would have been clear to whoever attacked her. She was even being attacked while she was on the floor.
"My daughter helped her into the house and took a stick off one of them (the attackers).
"I believe she was visiting family at the time. I was told there were three to four lads aged around 18 involved."
Police said the victim, who was taken to hospital, and her family were too distressed to speak.
A police spokesman said: "Violent crime is something we take very seriously. Arrests are anticipated in relation to this assault."
Published Date:
05 February 2009
By Stef Hall, Crime Reporter
Residents have spoken of their shock after a group of men attacked a badly disabled young woman in the street.
The Evening Post received calls from horrified readers after the 19-year-old was assaulted in Garden Street, Lostock Hall, near Preston, at around 6.40pm on Sunday.
Police said the victim was getting out of her car when she was approached by a man and attacked without warning.
Neighbours saw the attacker push the teenager to the ground. A second man then struck her several times on the leg.
The victim was helped up by an unknown person but was then assaulted again on the way back to her car, officers said.
Finally she was helped by two residents who alerted the police.
An Evening Post reader, who did not wish to be named, said: "I was disgusted when I heard what had happened. My daughter had to help the girl to safety.
"The girl was very noticeably disabled, it would have been clear to whoever attacked her. She was even being attacked while she was on the floor.
"My daughter helped her into the house and took a stick off one of them (the attackers).
"I believe she was visiting family at the time. I was told there were three to four lads aged around 18 involved."
Police said the victim, who was taken to hospital, and her family were too distressed to speak.
A police spokesman said: "Violent crime is something we take very seriously. Arrests are anticipated in relation to this assault."
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Woman sentenced over attack on paraplegic
http://www.3news.co.nz/News/National/Woman-sentenced-over-attack-on-paraplegic/tabid/423/articleID/89618/Default.aspx?ArticleID=89618
Woman sentenced over attack on paraplegic
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 8:37p.m.
A paraplegic was in Tauranga District Court today to support a woman who hit him several times with his wheelchair.
Justine Moana Niwa, 33, pleaded guilty before Judge Louis Bidois to charges of assault with a blunt instrument and assaulting police.
The sickness beneficiary, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 120 hours community work for the wheelchair attack. Another 60 hours for biting a constable is to be served concurrently.
Asked by the judge if he wanted reparation to be paid, the partly paralysed victim in the public gallery shook his head.
For Niwa, lawyer Ned Burke said she had taken "all the steps that can be expected" to deal with the causes of her offending and was prepared to get some counselling.
On the morning of the assaults she had taken some sleeping tablets as well as drunk alcohol "which pushed her over the edge", he said.
Niwa did not remember what had happened but had taken responsibility after hearing what whanau of the victim - her former partner - had to say.
Sergeant Mark Graham told the court Niwa had been ordered to leave the Tauranga address about 1.50pm on December 29 after upsetting the man's family.
An argument escalated to a point where Niwa pushed the man out of his wheelchair and then hit him repeatedly over head with it.
Mr Graham said police were called and as a constable tried to arrest Niwa she bit him on the arm before being restrained and arrested.
"You were so worked up you had lost your self control," Judge Bidois said today. "At the time it would have been frightening for him."
Woman sentenced over attack on paraplegic
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 8:37p.m.
A paraplegic was in Tauranga District Court today to support a woman who hit him several times with his wheelchair.
Justine Moana Niwa, 33, pleaded guilty before Judge Louis Bidois to charges of assault with a blunt instrument and assaulting police.
The sickness beneficiary, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 120 hours community work for the wheelchair attack. Another 60 hours for biting a constable is to be served concurrently.
Asked by the judge if he wanted reparation to be paid, the partly paralysed victim in the public gallery shook his head.
For Niwa, lawyer Ned Burke said she had taken "all the steps that can be expected" to deal with the causes of her offending and was prepared to get some counselling.
On the morning of the assaults she had taken some sleeping tablets as well as drunk alcohol "which pushed her over the edge", he said.
Niwa did not remember what had happened but had taken responsibility after hearing what whanau of the victim - her former partner - had to say.
Sergeant Mark Graham told the court Niwa had been ordered to leave the Tauranga address about 1.50pm on December 29 after upsetting the man's family.
An argument escalated to a point where Niwa pushed the man out of his wheelchair and then hit him repeatedly over head with it.
Mr Graham said police were called and as a constable tried to arrest Niwa she bit him on the arm before being restrained and arrested.
"You were so worked up you had lost your self control," Judge Bidois said today. "At the time it would have been frightening for him."
Man In Wheelchair Assaulted On Sacramento Street
http://cbs13.com/local/wheelchair.attack.sacramento.2.925295.html
Man In Wheelchair Assaulted On Sacramento StreetSACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
Emmeret Long, who has Cerebral Palsy, was attacked on a Sacramento street.
A wheelchair bound Sacramento man is recovering after being attacked on a busy downtown street.
Emmeret Long says he was riding along K Street when a woman started yelling at him. Then, she hit him in the head.
Long tried to run her over with his wheelchair, but that didn't work. He says that's when she stepped up the attack.
Long had to be treated at a hospital and went home with three stitches.
Police arrested 29 year-old Yasmeen Pugh. She will be charged with assault and elderly abuse.
Man In Wheelchair Assaulted On Sacramento StreetSACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
Emmeret Long, who has Cerebral Palsy, was attacked on a Sacramento street.
A wheelchair bound Sacramento man is recovering after being attacked on a busy downtown street.
Emmeret Long says he was riding along K Street when a woman started yelling at him. Then, she hit him in the head.
Long tried to run her over with his wheelchair, but that didn't work. He says that's when she stepped up the attack.
Long had to be treated at a hospital and went home with three stitches.
Police arrested 29 year-old Yasmeen Pugh. She will be charged with assault and elderly abuse.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Outrage as disabled man kicked by yob pair
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/02/02/outrage-as-disabled-man-kicked-by-yob-pair-100252-22833346/
Outrage as disabled man kicked by yob pair
Feb 2 2009 by Ben Rossington, Liverpool Echo
A DISABLED man was attacked by two yobs as he walked home from the shops.
The 42-year-old was jumped near Ashton Park, Halewood, at lunchtime on Thursday.
The victim, who has a disease which turns muscle into bone, had hospital treatment after being pushed over, kicked and punched.
Today the man, who asked not to be named, told the ECHO the elderly and disabled residents in the three blocks of sheltered accommodation comes under frequent attack.
Outrage as disabled man kicked by yob pair
Feb 2 2009 by Ben Rossington, Liverpool Echo
A DISABLED man was attacked by two yobs as he walked home from the shops.
The 42-year-old was jumped near Ashton Park, Halewood, at lunchtime on Thursday.
The victim, who has a disease which turns muscle into bone, had hospital treatment after being pushed over, kicked and punched.
Today the man, who asked not to be named, told the ECHO the elderly and disabled residents in the three blocks of sheltered accommodation comes under frequent attack.
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