Another NYC woman sucker-punched on street in attack that left her with broken jaw
Shocking video captured the moment a Brooklyn school bus aide was sucker-punched as she was walking down a street – knocking out her teeth and leaving her with a broken jaw that had to be wired shut.
Dulche Pichardo, 57, said she was commuting home from work at about 5 p.m. Tuesday when a stranger took a swing at her on the sidewalk of Grand Avenue near Dean Street in Crown Heights.
“He just punched me on the right side here, very strong,” Pichardo told PIX11, adding that the brute never said a word.
The disturbing surveillance footage shows her stumbling backward after the blow.
“I was surprised. I said, ‘What’s going on? Why did you hit me? Why did you do it?’ I didn’t do anything. No reason to hit me,” she said.
Pichardo said she lost three teeth, suffered facial fractures and a broken jaw, which has been wired shut, as well as nerve damage from the brutal assault.
She will have to drink food out of a straw for several weeks.
Her brother, who owns a nearby restaurant, and an employee chased down the suspect, who was identified by police as 33-year-old Franz Jeudy.
Jeudy was emotionless when confronted and denied hitting her, Yohan Flores told WABC.
They followed him for several blocks and stopped him until police arrived.
Jeudy was charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor — meaning he’s not bail-eligible. He was released despite previous arrests, including one in 2018, when he was charged with second-degree assault in the attack on a cop, police said. He also was charged with assault in 2019.
The Brooklyn man also was charged with harassment in the attack on Pichardo.
Pichardo said the terrifying experience has left her fearful.
“Every time I see a man, I cross,” she told WABC. “I’m not going to be close to nobody. I’m very afraid. I tell my son where I’m going, I want you to walk with me.”
She said she hopes the city will do more to make sure residents are safe just walking down a street.
“I don’t want this happening again. I want New York to do something about this. They have to stop this. It’s not fair,” Pichardo told PIX11.
