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WATCH: NY Firefighters Chase, Catch Chronic Criminal Who Slugged Elderly Woman. He’s Charged, Released Within A Week.

Hank Berrien
WATCH: NY Firefighters Chase, Catch Chronic Criminal Who Slugged Elderly Woman. He’s Charged, Released Within A Week.
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Four Brooklyn firefighters, witnessing a man on a bicycle slug a 60-year-old woman as he rode by her in front of their firehouse, chased him down and restrained him until the police arrived. Then, thanks to New York’s criminal justice system, only days later, the suspect, who reportedly had 18 prior arrests from robbery to assault and was arrested on August 2 for allegedly slashing a man in the face, was released without bail after a return court appearance.

On August 26, the heroic firefighters from Engine Company 214/Ladder 111 saw Daniel Biggs, 53, bicycle past a 60-year-old woman and punch her in the mouth before the firefighters chased Biggs and caught him.

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