A mentally ill man with a long criminal record targets doctors and nurses in the Bronxwith about four attacks in the last five years, according to the New York Post.
Identified as Edward Johnson57 years old, He is an irregular immigrant who is believed to come from the Caribbean and who arrived in the United States more than 10 years ago, He has been arrested 23 times for accusations that include weapons possessionaccording to sources and records.
In addition, He has another 42 arrests sealed since he arrived in the country.
The subject skipped supervised release and is currently a fugitive from justice and he has the habit of attacking health workers who try to treat him.
“Every time he goes to the hospital, he hits a nurse or a doctor,” said a New York Police Department (NYPD) source.
Johnson has recorded four attacks in three hospitals in the Bronx since 2019the sources explained, and one of his repeat victims is Collen Leahy, a St. Barnabas emergency room doctor.. The woman told authorities that he attacked her in July 2022 and again in September last year.
“I’m scared every day at work, every day,” said Leahy, 28, who has lost 20 pounds since the September beating because of anxiety about her imminent return.
“I fear my daughter is going to become the next Laken Riley,” said a terrified Eileen Leahy, referring to the Georgia nursing student who was allegedly murdered by an irregular Venezuelan immigrant six months after he was released from prison. for endangering a child in Queens.
The attacks in the hospital center They date back to December 2019, when the fugitive was arrested on charges of assault for hitting a 45-year-old doctor in the mouth and a 61-year-old nurse in the chest. at Albert Einstein Hospital in Morris Park.
His last arrest was on January 13 at the Jacobi Medical Center in Pelham Gardens, for allegedly punching a nurse in the eye. 26 years old after she tried to take his blood pressure, sources said. The health worker, who remained anonymous, suffered a black and swollen eye, and Johnson was charged with assault.
After evading police by failing to comply with his unsupervised release, an arrest warrant was issued for the subject in February.reported New York Post.
For its part, Bronx District Attorney Patrice O’ShaughnessyDarcel Clark explained that The case is currently being presented to a grand jury to secure an indictment against Johnson..
Presumably, the individual first attacked Leahy in St. Barnabas on July 16, 2022, while the emergency doctor, who had only been working for two months, tried to take care of him. According to officials, hit him in the right eye, causing serious bruising.
The man refused to give his name to the agents, but eventually He was charged with second-degree assault and injuring a health care employee. He was imprisoned for eight monthsbut the details of his release are unclear.
The victim, in this particular case, said that An assistant district attorney who worked for Clark contacted him in April 2023 and told him that the office would not take the case to trial because it did not want to “damage the immigration status.” [de Johnson]” and believes that the eight months he spent behind bars was enough.
Nevertheless, O’Shaughnessy reiterated that immigration status did not influence the decision.
Likewise, he said that the subject accepted the plea agreement for the lesser charge of attempted assault, which resulted in no more jail time, only after Leahny refused to continue the case in court. Likewise, she said that The doctor was granted a protective order against Johnson that remains in effect.
However, on September 18 of last year, the man returned to St. Barnabas and allegedly kicked Leahy in the head while she and a companion tried to inject medication into his arm, the police said. The doctor claimed that she attacked another nurse in the hospital hours before.
No arrests were made, but Leahy filed a police report two days after his attack was documented.which according to what he said headaches, according to NYPD sources.
“It’s outrageous that he continues to do this to healthcare workers, especially women, and then gets fired,” Leahy said. “They had him detained several times, so why do they let him go to attack other people, other health workers?”
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