A homeless guy has been terrorizing women in New York, specifically in the East Village.
Identified as Fritz Marseille, 38, who was jailed for five months in 2022 for allegedly groping two womenis constantly between East 3rd and East 5th Street at Second Avenue, presumably approaching women who ignore his approachesthe witnesses reported.
However, his alleged crimes to a higher level when he hid behind Kristen Booth, 49, in June and said: “I’m going to rape you”expressed the digital artist.
The woman who was with her neighbor Christine Rucci told the subject to “get away from me!” and both women yelled “rapist!”to draw the attention of those nearby and make Marseille leave the scene of the incident that took place on June 17 at the corner of East 5th and Second Avenue.
“It’s very clear that he has some mental health and addiction issues.. He is a bum. But I’m in critical mass with that excusing the fact that he’s a criminal. He has followed me before, ”Booth pointed out, making it known that he now carries pepper spray with him to protect himself from any further approaches.
The victim filed a complaint against the sex offender with the New York Police Department, one of five she has filed with the individual since September 2020.reported New York Post.
Rucci, who is also wearing protection but with a security alarm, said that Marseille’s disgusting antics include drug dealing, defecating, urinating, and masturbating in and out of East 5th Street buildings. In addition, he calls it a “predator” and a “time bomb.”
A Cooper’s Craft & Kitchen worker called Marseille “crazy”who noticed what several terrified women had entered the pub to escape the subject’s obscenities.
In recent days, the man has become “more aggressive,” said an employee at the Coffee Project on East 5th.
The local officers of the Ninth Police Station allegedly “do nothing”according to the enraged Rucci, who claims to have been verbally abused by the homeless man.
“We live on a police block that should be the safest block in this area and it’s not and that’s sad,” he said.
Marseille has seven sealed casesaccording to the state’s Office of Court Administration. He has been arrested twiceaccording to the police, for groping the buttocks of two women and pleaded guilty in both cases.
The man was also required to complete a counseling program with Queens Counseling for Change, who said their clients include people with “problem behaviors” and “anger management issues,” according to the district attorney’s office. of manhattan.
Marseille did not appear in court on June 1 for compliance and at this moment there is an arrest warrant against himNYPD officials revealed.
“It’s only a matter of time before it goes beyond stalking and groping and when it becomes rape, then the mayor, the NYPD, the DA’s office and the judges will take notice.”Rucci said angrily, adding: “I, for one, don’t want to wait.”
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2023-07-16 19:10:00
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