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Cops looking for 3 suspects accused in Brooklyn broomstick-sodomy attack
By Andrew Denney, Olivia Bensimon, Larry Celona and Tina Moore
January 29, 2020 | 7:06pm
DCPI
Three suspects accused of taking part in a December gang beatdown of a 59-year-old homeless man on a Brooklyn street in which the victim was sodomized with a broomstick and robbed of $100 are still on the loose, authorities said Wednesday.
The total of six suspects allegedly jumped the victim, who they knew from their East New York neighborhood, just before midnight on Dec. 23 near the intersection of Pennsylvania and Flatlands, court documents state.
The assailants stomped on the victim and two or more of them ripped off his clothes, according to court papers. Then one announced he would “stick the broom in his a–,” the victim told police.
The attack was so vicious that the victim suffered a torn rectum, perforated bowels and broken ribs, police said. Following the assault, police found the victim lying naked and bleeding on a sidewalk next to a bloody broomstick.
The victim is clinging to life — his injuries required surgery and he was placed under a medically induced coma. He needs a ventilator to breathe and is still in the intensive care unit at Brookdale Hospital.
The cops nabbed the first suspect in the case, Kaleef Harris, 30, on Jan. 2, authorities said. He is being held in the Manhattan Detention Complex on a $500,000 bond and faces a raft of charges including attempted murder, two counts of predatory sexual assault and three counts of first-degree assault.
Shawn Webb, 20, was arrested on Jan. 14 and is also charged with predatory sexual assault. He is being held on Rikers Island on a $50,000 bond. The three remaining suspects are still at large, police sources said.
A third suspect, Larnel Johnson, 31, was arrested last week and charged with two counts of predatory sexual assault and three counts of first-degree assault. He was released on a $50,000 bond. A prosecutor said during Johnson’s arraignment on Jan. 24 that the victim is homeless.
Predatory sexual assault carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Neither of the three suspects who have been arrested so far are accused of sodomizing the victim, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.
Cops looking for 3 suspects accused in Brooklyn broomstick-sodomy attack
By Andrew Denney, Olivia Bensimon, Larry Celona and Tina Moore
January 29, 2020 | 7:06pm
DCPI
Three suspects accused of taking part in a December gang beatdown of a 59-year-old homeless man on a Brooklyn street in which the victim was sodomized with a broomstick and robbed of $100 are still on the loose, authorities said Wednesday.
The total of six suspects allegedly jumped the victim, who they knew from their East New York neighborhood, just before midnight on Dec. 23 near the intersection of Pennsylvania and Flatlands, court documents state.
The assailants stomped on the victim and two or more of them ripped off his clothes, according to court papers. Then one announced he would “stick the broom in his a–,” the victim told police.
The attack was so vicious that the victim suffered a torn rectum, perforated bowels and broken ribs, police said. Following the assault, police found the victim lying naked and bleeding on a sidewalk next to a bloody broomstick.
The victim is clinging to life — his injuries required surgery and he was placed under a medically induced coma. He needs a ventilator to breathe and is still in the intensive care unit at Brookdale Hospital.
The cops nabbed the first suspect in the case, Kaleef Harris, 30, on Jan. 2, authorities said. He is being held in the Manhattan Detention Complex on a $500,000 bond and faces a raft of charges including attempted murder, two counts of predatory sexual assault and three counts of first-degree assault.
Shawn Webb, 20, was arrested on Jan. 14 and is also charged with predatory sexual assault. He is being held on Rikers Island on a $50,000 bond. The three remaining suspects are still at large, police sources said.
A third suspect, Larnel Johnson, 31, was arrested last week and charged with two counts of predatory sexual assault and three counts of first-degree assault. He was released on a $50,000 bond. A prosecutor said during Johnson’s arraignment on Jan. 24 that the victim is homeless.
Predatory sexual assault carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. Neither of the three suspects who have been arrested so far are accused of sodomizing the victim, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.