On March 6th, 2025, officers responded on reports of an assault. An onseen investigation revealed that an individual later identified as a 74year-old got into a verbal disagreement with the daughter of a hospitalized friend and then physically assaulted her by pulling her hair, biting her hand, and cracking her over the head with a telephone. Here is what occurred. [Music] unit is going to be outside. It's going to be outside. Hi 11. I'm going 20 here. Any unit that arrives there, please let me know. I do have a caller on the line. Both parties are there. The female by the head. All right. 111. Give me the air. I'm going 20 in the area. Where's the caller? I'm 20. All right. I'm being flagged down. What's going on? I walked in by there's some sort of name is hurting her. He's He's hurting her now. Broke it up. All right. All right. What's going on here? He attacked you? Yes. And they all were here. They saw when I dragged him outside cuz he's hurting my dog. All right. Step up here for me. All right, sir. What? All right. I'm out with both the parties. Just step up here for me. All right. Step over here. Okay. What's now? What's going on, man? He's my father's friend. He stays here to take care of my father who's in the hospital right now. Okay. I came down to him this morning and I said, "Can you do me a favor? When you go see dad today, bring him his clothes. I'm actually sick right now. That's fine. So I said, I'll pick up dad later. And with the car I go, but you because he was go he goes to see my father anyway. He lost his [ __ ] mind. One second. I'm just trying to hear one side of the story. He lost his mind that I'm screwing him over. I'm going to leave him. I'm going to abandon him. I go, what are you talking about? And there was no reasoning with him. He then just started attack me. He's got my my dog and squeezing the [ __ ] life out of my little dog. And wouldn't let her go cuz I said, "Look, you just leave then. Leave." He then started beating, broke our phone cuz I was trying to call 911, then was hitting me with the phone, punching me in the face. You You all right? Just step up here. Talk to my step. Wait, wait, wait. This is You live here, sir? No. No, but I mean this was just like so [ __ ] angry at me. I went What are you talking about? All I said was like I'm like I don't want to go in the hospital. Less contact with dad the better. Like he's getting out today. You're going to [ __ ] screw me over. What are you talking about? I'm not screwing you over. I was just getting dad's clothes. I'm like I'll get you in the car later. Pick you up. Didn't want to be around my dad. Hang on one second. Okay. Okay. So he started beating the crap out of me. She So he basically comes to take care of the the dog, but he stays here. The father's in the hospital. He also take care of the father. It's the father's friend. She said that um she was just telling him like to get out and everything like that cuz he's a little like off. He started squeezing the dog. So she tried to tell him to like get off the dog. She tried to push him. After that, that's when she threw the phone on the floor, broke it, started hit with and that's when she was holding him down. Okay. Let's Can we go inside and speak with you? Yeah. This was him. You said he stays here. Do you He does. Let Let's go inside. Let me speak to you. Father and sister. So, are they family to you? That's what I'm saying. They I'm not family. I'm a friend. I've been I've been having the father for about seven, eight years. I got the keys of that house. Yeah. Um So you have ide from the father. You you have Are you okay? You want me to back now? No, just just come here. This is after witnesses. Just grab their info, please. Um, probably going to be a 25, but I'm just in the interview. Okay. And then like I said, probably going to be the idea was Yeah, there you go. Yeah. Turn your hand. Turn it this way a little bit. Yeah, right there. A little cut down. Oh, yeah. Cuz he bit me. So, forgot about that fun fact. Ma'am, just really quick. So, your relationship with him, are you guys dating? Anything like that? Oh, good god, no. Okay. I know you said that he stays here. How long has he stayed here? For a long time. For years. So, this is one whole entire house, right? Yeah. I think the very top floor there's a tenant. Like, so our family occupies like three floors, but my dad and him stay down here. like they sleep down here cuz my dad really can't get up the stairs that well anymore. So like essentially you're cohabitating the same space. Yeah. I I actually have a separate apartment though and so I'm separate from from them. But he got it in his head that I was going to be screwing him over. I'm going to take the dog. I'm like what are you talking about? I'm like Sergio, all I wanted was for you to bring dad's clothes so that when I come and get you guys that he's ready and dressed, you know. I said cuz I don't want to be up in the room. I said because I got whatever my father had. I think, you know, my father went into the hospital cuz he was puking the night and it turned out he had such like pneumonia. So, they kept him there for a couple of days. But so, so just because I wasn't here from the beginning, um he when he started assaulting you, what exactly happened? He what did he say to me? He goes, "You, your sister, and your brother, you're all [ __ ] losers." And I'm like, "Where is this coming from?" Like, "What is wrong with you?" You know? And um mind you now, the past few days that he was visiting my father, my father threw him out both days. And I always thought my father, oh, you're being terrible to Sergio, but I'm like, he's probably doing [ __ ] like this to my father, too. I don't want him here anymore. And that's terrible because he was like a huge help. Like, that's that's understood. Yeah. How how was he assaulting? He first of all, I wanted to take the dog from him and that's what kind of really sent him over the [ __ ] edge and then he was squeezing the dog and I was like, "Please let go of the dog." I'm like, "You're hurting her." And like he was grabbing her by the [ __ ] trying to choke the dog. Okay. And um and that always scared me. like when he gets like psycho like he's going to hurt that dog, you know, and uh he then was starting to go after me and then thankfully Trixie got loose and she ran up here and that's like all I cared at. But then he really was going nuts when the dog got away and that's when he was like pulling my hair, bitting me, punching me in the head and um took the phone and smashed it, not realizing I could call you on my cell phone. And then I figured let me drag him out here cuz I'm like if he [ __ ] kills me in here, who's going to know? And then he'll kill the dog. You know what what phone did he break then? It's on the account. It's on It's like a hand towel the phone like you know the landline. Um guys are friends you guys and people on their father and I've been I've been I've known that for about 8 n years and I've been as well going shopping with him and I've been 95 years old. Okay. All right. Okay. So why are you here today? I slept there I've been I stayed out for about a month. It was again before in in a hospital need somebody to take care of. So they they made the living room our bedroom. Me and I slept in the same Okay. And I take care of the father. The father on Monday. Okay. Two people. Yeah. He was coming home today. Take out the car. They were supposed to take the clothes over the the hospital. But no, now I have to do it with the dog. their dog and and my dog and all right listen Sergio 105 Mel how do you say that is it Mel Melie Melie yeah listen up unfortunately today you can be placed under arrest today okay I don't know what um I don't even know for some kind of domestic violence issue no no no he was telling me that I I was he was going to take the dog okay and I was supposed to go to I answer any questions. How old are you, sir? I'm 70. I'll be 75 in a few months. Okay. So, you're 74. Okay. Listen. Um, I'm going to place your hands in the front. Let's go with that. Just put your hands in front. Okay. I have to please No. No. You put your hands in front. You're You're an older gentleman. I'm not trying to hurt you. Okay. I don't see you being a problem with us. I ain't being a problem. I never I never broke the rules. I didn't break the rules. I disreanded them because they were going to me over here. No. Do you have any any medication in your pockets? Well, in in in my Can Can you step over here for me? In my set. Okay. Just watch this curb. I got you. You're not going to fall. I ain't got no KN. No, I know. I We still have to do this. Any needles? No. No. I don't know if you take any medication. Yes. I I this guy for for diabetes. I I suffer uh first of all I think it's for no syringes right for that. No no no. I was born in Italy. I got the apartment, but I've been saying almost. Well, so which one which ones are the house keys for this for my house keys for this? No, for for here for here. Cuz I know you have your own apartment, you say. So, what's the keys to here? The way here is I'll add this this three. These three. Yeah. All right. You sure? One one's for outside. One's for inside. So, was is it DV at all? Yeah, DV. And then they got the weapons involved and everything. So, just these three, right, sir? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. I'm going to give them back your property. All right. Okay. They're going to be Do you have a phone to use to call? These are the three keys. Yeah. Let me see which one is cuz they may be his apartment. I don't want to take I got to call you back. I'm going to call his apartment. I'll call you right back. Yeah, that's that's my Yeah, he said the three one for here. I guess the other door then your dad's apartment maybe. Just to confirm. Yeah, cuz I don't want to take his couch keys if he needs his No. Yeah, that's why I we asked him just for here. Which one are the keys? Yeah. So, it's these two. So, I'm assuming this is his, but I'm not really sure. Does he need How do you get into your dad's uh How does he get into None of these are locked? So, that that this just stays open. Yeah, this is all open down here. He said those three. So, I guess that key belongs to That's what he said. So, I'll just give it to you just to So, he doesn't have a way to get back in. Yeah. All right. We got to Yeah, we got to still talk to her cuz we got to try to figure out the DV aspect of this. Of course. So, ma'am, just one thing I'm trying to figure out cuz you said you stay in a separate apartment upstairs. Yeah. So, where does he stay when he's here? They're they occupy this floor, the two of them pretty much. Okay. Like they sleep in that room and then there's a kitchen in the back. They're pretty much sitting in the kitchen all day. The two of them. and they just go chopping and stuff, the two of them, you know, like he's good company for my dad because my dad's like 95 and it's like he likes to do all his little and like it was great having that guy around with him, you know? Yeah. But it always did concern me that he's going to snap cuz he does snap, you know? Starts calling me you [ __ ] [ __ ] and like you you people are terrible to your father like all this [ __ ] I'm like what the [ __ ] is wrong with you? Where where's the phone also that he broke? Let's just grab a picture of that. I don't even know if it's broken. He slammed it on the table. But e either way, he also used it as a weapon against him. He did crack me in the head, but it just grab a picture of that while um your forehead where he hit you is clearly visibly swelling. I'm sure. And can I just get a picture of it, please? Just pull your hair back. Yeah. Thank you. Just take a full face shot. Do you want me to take a mask? No, it's fine. Your mask will stay on. Just pull if you can for this for the the photo just yet. Please. He'll be fine. It's not like he's going to jail or anything like that. Okay. I just want to make sure you're okay. Okay. There was an incident and they wanted to pursue charges. So that's why we Okay. All right. You know you know you know you know Donald is in in the hospital. Yeah. And he was going to come out today. Up until last night they were going to take the clothes to the to the to the hospital and everything. This morning they stick me up with the dog. Okay. But now it look like they were going to stick me with the dog and the father because now I got without a car. I got to take the post and we got into an argument but I know what they were up to, you know. So listen out of the hospital soon, right? And that will all work out. Yeah. But I don't know how they accuse me of like to get it up. Yeah. I I what they were up to. They were trying to put him out of here in in the nursing. They don't want anything. No. Listen. I think they're trying to do the right thing. All right. Well, listen. You go behave and get back out here. Okay. Okay. I mean, they got to take care of Don. It's all going to be okay. Where do you live with? You live by yourself or somewhere by myself? Yeah, but I spent a lot of time over here lately. He's over here every day. Oh, yeah. No, I never had problem with the cops. So, all right. I'll let y'all go. Okay. Absolutely. All right. Take care. I I'll check on John, too. Everybody's in the neighborhood. I guess you live here. Actually, I have a quick question for you. Why you here? Did you suffer from any mental? I don't know. He's old. Yeah, I know. That's why I just wasn't sure. So, you're not sure. I don't know very well. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Watch your curve. Okay. I got you. I got you. Oh. Thank you. Hold on. 25. All right. 106. He was calling for his wife. Apparently, she's my email. Thank you so much. And then that's the phone number. All right. It's a little Bobby, but it's Hoboken and PDNJ. Right. Officer Wy. All right. Thank you so much. Any questions or anything, you can email me or you can contact us. This phone did work, right? Yeah. So, it looks like it's completely broken now. Do you have any idea how much it was worth? 100 bucks. Okay. He was he was also allowed to be in here, right? Oh, yeah. Yes. I mean, just to make sure. I mean, we took care of him, too. Like, my sister would do his laundry and he would treat my sister like [ __ ] about like that, you know, cuz he [ __ ] stinks, first of all, cuz he doesn't show right now. He's nuts. Okay. All right. Um All right. Well, we're going to we're going to do all the paperwork on this. If there is something more serious for the dog, you have the case number. Please just let us know. Yeah. I got to call the hospital too and tell him not to tell everybody in there either. Yeah. I don't want to tell my father this either. That's the last thing he needs. The poor thing. You know, like while he's in the hospital. Yeah. Well, we just come back here. All right. Yeah. Thank you so much. I'm glad those kids came by, too. I know. I'm glad I was able to get out because we were all the way back here and I dragged him out there the minute the dog was loose. I'm like, we're going outside cuz I'm like, "Nobody can hear me back here." You know, you can see the table's all over the place from him. Go ahead. That's probably Is that his cell phone? Yeah, which he was saying that I was [ __ ] with his phone. I don't ever touch his phone. I don't know if he's got a charger over here. Hold on. Thank you. Uh 114 was I don't know if you advised but we have one one charger and 14 I'll be transporting uh you can make the knowledge 680.1 I don't know which one it is criminal mission for the criminal mission Okay. So, can you see the end of the charger? Cuz I can I can just try plugging it into this and making sure Sergeant Colon coming to you now. It's not that. I don't know what this is. This is another contraption. You want to try that one? The white one. Maybe the white one. This is definitely my dad's. And then that's my dad's iPad. So, I don't know where his charger is. Actually, are you guys at the uh fire department? These aren't it? What about this one right here? Oh, that one's plugged into that. Okay. Yeah, that I don't know what these things are. Oh, this is yours. Yeah, cuz that is the same type of charger. You'll have to wait. I'll have to figure this out cuz I don't know what's why. But okay. When you find it, just give us a call. We'll come pick it up and then we'll we'll get And if one of them are his hearing aids, too, which I don't know if those are my dad's or his pills are here. I'm going to have to get all his [ __ ] together. We we'll tell him like, you know, once he's we'll bring him back to get his stuff so he doesn't come out once we once we cross that line. All right. Right now, we're going to go do the paperwork and everything and then once he gets released, we'll bring him back to grab all his belongings and then we'll squirt him out. All right. Yeah. Okay. Thank you so much for info. Yes. You have any questions, just give us a call. All right. Well, thank you so much. Yes, ma'am. How's it going, sir? All right. We're counting. Uh, mileage is 776.17. All right, sir. Hey, good morning. Is it possible I can make a 12 to change the battery on my radios dying on my OP. Thank you. Thank you. Put this inside. Thank you. You okay? Yeah. You right hand or left hand? Right handed. Thank you for your service. Your veteran. Yes. You want a couple down here. The man, a septuagenarian, was arrested and transported to police headquarters where he was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, and criminal mischief. After processing, he was given a summon and released from custody. [Music]