A homeless woman was caught beating two men in Manhattan, one while walking with his young daughter and the other while alone. She was released from court on Tuesday, according to the police.
Benjamin Bulman, 32, who says she is a woman and goes by the name Erica Quartz, was caught on Monday, not long after two assaults happened in Greenwich Village, one minute apart.
Police say that Bulman hit a 46-year-old man in the face while he was walking with his 4-year-old daughter on Fifth Avenue near West 13th Street at 8:52 a.m.
Police say the homeless suspect then went after a 72-year-old man and punched him in the back of the head while he walked his dog on the northwest corner of the same street.
The first time, Bulman is said to have hit a 46-year-old man in the face while he was walking with his 4-year-old daughter.
The first victim was taken to Lenox Health Greenwich Village to get help, but the older man refused to go to the hospital.
Police said Bulman was quickly arrested across the street from 510 Sixth Ave.
According to the cops, she was charged with assault and putting a child in danger. Both charges are misdemeanors, which means that bail is not an option.
The charges against Bulman were brought against her on Tuesday, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office says that a judge freed her on controlled release after prosecutors asked for it.
Bulman had never been in trouble with the law before, but sources say she has a past of being emotionally unstable.
The next court date for her is December 12.
Source: NYC homeless woman arrested for back-to-back unprovoked attacks on strangers, then cut loose: DA
