WILLIAMSBURG — An ex-con accused of assaulting two women in the past year chased and attacked a third woman he thought was calling police on him during a liquor store burglary, authorities said.
Shawn Miller, 51, and two other men were loading cases of stolen liquor into a brown van at Moore St. Liquors at 106 Moore St. at 6 a.m. Jan. 26, when he saw a woman walking past them and talking on her phone and thought she was calling 911, according to the Brooklyn DA's office.
He chased the 23-year-old and clobbered her on the head with a bag of work boots, prosecutors said.
The victim suffered bruising after the beating, according to prosecutors. It wasn't clear if the woman had to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
While he was chasing the victim, the man's two accomplices jumped into the brown van and drove off, leaving Miller to get arrested by police near the scene of the crime, according to local authorities.
Miller now faces burglary and assault charges, prosecutors said.
His two accomplices managed to escape from the scene in their getaway van with $17,000 in liquor, including 30 cases of Bacardi, 70 cases of Paul Masson Brandy, 30 cases of Ciroc Pineapple Vodka, 10 cases of Baileys and 25 cases of New Amsterdam gin, shop owners told police.
Miller, who twice spent time behind bars for robbery including a 20 year stint sentence he finished in July of 2014, has been charged with two other violent crimes since his release.
Prosecutors said Miller yanked a woman's gold chains from her neck inside the lobby of a building in the Borinquen Plaza development in Williamsburg in September and he body slammed and strangled another woman in a domestic dispute on Humbolt Street in April, threatening to kill her and himself.
Miller was released without bail but was due back in court on Wednesday for the domestic violence case against him, according to prosecutors.
"Mr. Miller was released because the prosecution could not present sufficient evidence against him to the grand jury," his lawyer Matthew Caldwell said.
"Mr. Miller has always maintained his innocence and his being released for this reason corroborates that."
Workers at Moore St. Liquors couldn't be reached immediately.
