EDITOR’S NOTE. Hopefully this will be a new beginning for NYPD and the City of New York – and the whole country. The police have to have free hands to use any power they have to enforce the law. And the justice system should apply the proper punishment for criminal.
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16-year-old mugger busted for shoving parishioner, 68, down steps of Queens church
The teen was hit with several charges, including robbery and assault, over the early Sunday attack outside St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Briarwood, cops said.
Surveillance video of the crime shows a young man pushing the victim, identified by family as Irene Tahliambouris, down the steps.
A man who identified himself as a relative of the victim applauded the arrest in a social media post Thursday night while he implored lawmakers to get tough on crime.
“This lowlife is off our streets for now, and we are hoping the system will actually do its job this time. We’re tired of seeing criminals walk free because of our soft on crime laws,” Daniel Coffaro Hill wrote.
“This thug is another example of how petty criminals feel bold enough to escalate their crimes, knowing they’ll likely get off with a slap on the wrist. Despite this, there seems to be a lack of urgency from both Albany and NYC to implement the necessary legal reforms to ensure these individuals are held accountable.”
Tahliambouris remains in the hospital in critical condition, her family said in a GoFundMe page.
Following the attack, authorities ramped up patrols around the church.
“[Parishioners] were shocked because we don’t have incidents like that here in this area of the neighborhood,” the Rev. Konstantinos Kalogridis previously said. “There was fear, they were angry and sad for the woman as she went through this.”
Additional reporting by Joe Marino
Bravo to NYPD arresting the demon!
I read, this same degenerate held up another woman in elevator elsewhere and took her car…
btw: why can’t reporters mention the teen is black?
Especially since 9 out of 10 times it is?
We just heard the “teen” was arrested NINE times before!
Any news about the woman who was attacked. I read she was in critical condition!
All Greek Churches need armed security outside church doors and indoors.
This thug should have tried this move on “frail, defenseless grandpa” Leo Thalassites about a decade ago…
https://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/131293811&frame=Y
https://greekreporter.com/2013/04/06/dont-mess-with-leo-thalassites-u-s-oldest-cop/
https://www.thenationalherald.com/leo-thalassites-oldest-cop-in-u-s-dead-at-92/
Spartacus, what you suggest is an over reaction. Maybe you should take your sword and protect the congregation.
J.K .. your right … Didn’t Mistotakis hire an entire Zionist security forces of America and Israel to protect the Greek Orthodox Faithful of Greece and Cyprus and its it churches.. How did that work out for Orthodox Churches and faithful in Cyprus , Ukraine Palestine, Syria and Greece… and now facing massive assaults for hiring these guys! Spartacus .. the only protection offered to the Orthodox Churches of America ..have been to keep Russian Orthodox faithful from breaching the doors of the Orthodox Churches to … recruit clergy and faithful to spread Anti American propaganda and commit unrevealed harm to the Evangelical and Jewish Populations of America! You obviously are not aware of the now acknowledged … Racketeering and Protection Racket democracy of America!