Man Who Sucker-Punched 79-Year-Old In Park Slope Arrested: Cops

Park Slope NY

18 January, 2022

9:54 AM

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PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — A man who police say sucker-punched a 79-year-old in broad daylight over the weekend has been charged in Park Slope, according to police. Disheem Riley, 29, was charged Monday with assault and harassment, three days after he was caught on video punching the elderly man on Fourth Avenue around noon on Friday, police said. Surveillance footage shows Riley ride up on a scooter to where the 79-year-old man is standing and chatting with someone on the sidewalk before walking up and knocking him to the ground, according to police. The man was left with a minor injury to his head, police said. Riley, who lived just a few blocks away in Gowanus, rode off onto his scooter after the attack, police said.