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MAN ACCUSED OF PUNCHING SEVEN RANDOM WOMEN IN NEW YORK CITY IS ARRESTED

Police say the man punched women, sometimes in the face, on their heads, or on
their backs.


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April 23, 2024, 9:27 PM EDT
By Dennis Romero and Madison Lambert

A man accused of assaulting random women in New York City was arrested Tuesday,
police said.

Daquan Armstead, 31, of East Bronx, was taken into custody on suspicion of
hate-motivated assaults on seven women from late March to mid-April in Lower
Manhattan, police said.




Authorities allege he punched women, sometimes in the face, on their heads, or
on their backs.

When asked about the allegations while being taken out of the New York Police
Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force office, Armstead responded, "They spit at
me." Police refuted the suspect’s claim that victims had spit on him.

It wasn't clear Tuesday evening if he has retained legal counsel. New York
County Defender Services, which provides defense attorneys for many criminal
cases, noted that a public record of his arrest was unavailable.

Armstead was arrested on suspicion of hate crime/assault; suspicion of attempted
hate crime; and suspicion of aggravated harassment, according to the NYPD's
Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Public Information.



Police told NBC New York there have been 95 unprovoked assaults in Manhattan so
far this year, with 50 of them involving victims who are women.


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At least one arrest was made previously in connection with a series of attacks
earlier this spring that gained attention after some of the women told their
stories on TikTok.

The allegations involving Armstead do not appear to be any of the attacks seen
on social media.

The department released a timeline of alleged attacks:



About 8 p.m. March 24, police received a report of a 30-year-old woman who was
struck on her face in the Lower East Side, the NYPD said. It was a hard enough
hit that it caused dizziness, but she refused medical attention, it said.

The next day, shortly after 10 a.m., officers responded a few blocks to the
northwest based on a report that a 36-year-old woman was struck on the back, the
NYPD said. She also refused medical treatment.

Shortly after 8 a.m. April 2, officers responded to an incident in which "an
unknown individual" struck a 38-year-old woman on the back of the head in
Greenwich Village, the NYPD said. She also refused medical attention, it said.

About 12:25 p.m. April 5, officers responded to the Lower East Side, where it
was reported someone struck a 25-year-old woman on the right side of her face,
the NYPD said. She refused treatment, it said.



A few minutes later and a few blocks away, officers responded to the Lower East
Side after it was reported that someone struck a 44-year-old woman on the right
side of her face, the department said. She also refused treatment.

About 9:45 a.m. April 8, police responded to a report of a 24-year-old woman
struck on the back of her head on the Lower East Side, the NYPD said. She
refused medical attention, it said.

Shortly after 10:30 a.m. April 17, police responded to a report of a 27-year-old
woman struck on the head by an "unknown individual" in Lower Manhattan, the
department said. She refused medical attention, it said.


Dennis Romero

Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital. 

Madison Lambert

Madison Lambert is a freelance assignment editor at NBC News.

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