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Man arrested for mugging 101 yr old woman
Topic Started: Apr 28 2007, 11:17 AM (445 Views)
musicasacra
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Man Arrested in Mugging of Woman, 101
By TOM HAYS
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Jack Rhodes, 44, was arrested on charges of robbery, grand larceny, burglary and assault, police said. They did not have an address for Rhodes, who was also accused of robbing an 85-year-old woman the same day Morat was attacked, police said.

"I am so sorry for what happened," Rhodes said as he was led out of a police station, the New York Post reported Saturday.

Police began questioning Rhodes after noticing he matched a photo of a person wanted for questioning in robberies of women in Queens. He was initially held on a charge of possession of a crack pipe.

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Jack Rhodes, 44, was arrested Friday on charges of robbery, grand larceny, burglary and assault. "I am so sorry for what happened," he reportedly said.

There was no telephone listing for Rhodes in the New York metropolitan area, and police did not know whether he was represented by a lawyer.

"If it's the right man, it's wonderful," Morat told The Associated Press when reached Friday by phone.

Morat's March 4 holdup was captured on a surveillance tape. It shows Morat, who was using a walker, trying to leave her apartment building to go to church.

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This image, from a surveillance video, shows the attacker with Morat. He pretended to help her get through a vestibule before he began beating her.

The mugger, who looms over her and is holding onto a bicycle, pretends to help her get through the vestibule. Then he turns to grab Morat's head, delivers three hard punches to her face and swipes her purse. The dazed victim tries to reach for her purse when the mugger hits her again, pushing her and her walker to the ground.

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The man punched Morat several times, knocking her to the ground and breaking her cheek. He stole $33 and her house keys.

He got away with $33 and Morat's house keys. She suffered a fractured cheekbone and spent time in the hospital.

Morat told the AP on Friday that she's feeling better, though her doctor has told her to try to slow down.

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Rose Morat, 101, was mugged March 4 while leaving her New York apartment building to go to church.

She previously declared that if she'd been just a bit younger, she'd have gone after the guy.

The Glenridge senior center in Ridgewood, Queens, fielded a flurry of calls after the crime and said it was bringing back self-defense courses for the elderly.

The NYPD assigned dozens of detectives to the case and showed the surveillance video to every uniformed officer in the city.

The state Senate's Republican majority proposed tougher penalties for assaulting an elderly person. The bill, offered by Sen. Martin Golden of Brooklyn, would make a felony of assaulting anyone more than 70 years old. Currently, the crime is a misdemeanor, punishable by no more than a year in jail.

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Rhodes is also being investigated for mugging Solange Elizee, 85, a short time later. She was bruised and lost her wedding ring and $32 in the attack.
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There are no words to describe how I feel about someone who would do such a horrific deed.

:veryangry:

They should sentence him to jail obviously, but before during and after his jail sentence, the should randomly and repeatedly have a woman who is trained in hand to hand combat/martial arts, kick the living sh!t of of him in front of all the cellmates.

I guess I found some words!

What a monster!

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Cocaine makes animals out of all who continue it. He's a victim himself, albeit not an innocent one.
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Ever had a coke habit Mark?
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So he's less responsible because he's addicted to crack?

I don't buy it.

He should be held just as liable for his actions as a sober person.

Dealing with his addiction is a separate, but important, matter.
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Did it mention cocaine? Really I didn't find it.

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Sorry he's addicted to crack.

Kill him.
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Daniel
Apr 28 2007, 01:09 PM
Did it mention cocaine? Really I didn't find it.

Sorry, crack pipe.

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musicasacra
Apr 28 2007, 11:17 AM
. . . He was initially held on a charge of possession of a crack pipe.

crack pipe

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Mikhailoh
Apr 28 2007, 03:02 PM
Ever had a coke habit Mark?

Have you?

If so, did you go around mugging and brutalizing 101 year old women?

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Crack does not make a peaceful person violent. It makes a violent person even more violent.

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Mikhailoh
Apr 28 2007, 01:17 PM
Cocaine makes animals out of all who continue it.  He's a victim himself, albeit not an innocent one.

drug addiction definitely has some affect on a person's scope of reasonable behavior.

as to him being a victim due to addiction, he did have the free will to say yes to drugs. the lady was truly innocent. he not only mugged her but beat her up and broke her cheek. and not just this lady either.
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I understand that - and yes, I had some issues with it and I have two dead friends from it and several others who barely escaped. If you have no experience you cannot understand what it does to you psychologically.
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Mikhailoh
Apr 28 2007, 02:42 PM
I understand that - and yes, I had some issues with it and I have two dead friends from it and several others who barely escaped.  If you have no experience you cannot understand what it does to you psychologically.

i know someone who battled addiction and made bad choices. but he never pretended to help elderly ladies through vestibules only to sucker punch them in the face several times to steal what little these ladies had.
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I never defended the man's actions. Simply stated that he was a victim as well. You can lock up all the violent urban crackheads who commit crimes, but until you get the drug off the street you will see this over and over. It will just claim the next group to come up.
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Apr 28 2007, 05:31 PM
Crack does not make a peaceful person violent. It makes a violent person even more violent.

And you know this because......... ?
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Larry
Apr 28 2007, 01:58 PM
Daniel
Apr 28 2007, 05:31 PM
Crack does not make a peaceful person violent.  It makes a violent person even more violent.

And you know this because......... ?

I used to know people who did it.

Edit: I guess I should clarify- maybe it could make a peaceful person violent. I did know people who did it and were not.

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The one I know currently does not beat little old ladies for his crack money. Instead he steals his girlfriends EBT card and empties out the money intended for his girlfriend and their newborn daughter.

Her previous boyfriend bought his crack by selling crack to others, and re-selling used audio/video equipment procured from his neighbors while they were at work. Fortunately/unfortunately depending on your perspective, a couple of his regular customers turned out to be police officers. Won't be seeing him for a while.
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