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73-Year-Old Man Shoved to the Ground in TriBeCa Starbucks, Police Say

By Irene Plagianos | December 17, 2014 8:40am
 A 73-year-old was injured after being shoved to the ground in the 32 Sixth Ave. Starbucks.
A 73-year-old was injured after being shoved to the ground in the 32 Sixth Ave. Starbucks.
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TRIBECA — A 73-year-old man was shoved to the ground by a stranger in a TriBeCa Starbucks last week, suffering injuries to his head and hip, police said.

The victim had just gotten his coffee at the 32 Sixth Ave. Starbucks at about 9 a.m. on Dec. 10, when 30-year-old Isaac Wright grabbed him by the shoulders and threw him to the floor, according to a police report.

The man was left with a cut, bloodied ear, swollen face and bruised hip, police said.

"He was putting milk in his coffee and then someone just threw him to the ground," said the victim's wife, who asked not to be identified. "It was quite an ordeal, and he still has bruises, but he'd like to move on."

The victim declined to go to the hospital when an ambulance arrived, his wife said.

Wright was charged with assault and harassment, both misdemeanors, according to a criminal complaint from the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

Wright was released without bail and was given a temporary restraining order against his victim as well as a Starbucks employee who was a witness. He's due back in court on Jan. 28.

A manager at Starbucks declined to comment

Wright's lawyer declined to comment.

► A woman was attacked by two men as she walked along Water Street last week, police said.

The 23-year-old told police that as she walked past 77 Water St. at about 8 p.m. on Dec. 10, two men shoved her to the ground and began kicking her.

The men grabbed what police called a "scanner or tracker" from her jacket, thinking it was a cell phone, then started to run off, police said. The thieves soon realized the device wasn't a phone, threw it down, and continued to run away.

► A 24-year-old woman had her $100 Coach wallet stolen as she was heading into a cab on Dec. 10, police said. A man swiped the wallet from her right hand as she was getting into the cab outside of 55 Liberty St., then the thief ran off.