LOWER EAST SIDE — A man charged in the brutal murder of his great-grandmother over the weekend was previously bailed out by his mother after being indicted last year for trying to kill his stepfather, sources said.
Gary Bias, 23, bludgeoned Ahmed Green with a baseball bat inside a Dyker Heights home on Nov. 14 of last year, leaving Green with severe injuries requiring stitches above his eye and staples in his scalp, according to court records.
Green is Bias' stepfather, a law enforcement source confirmed.
Bias was arrested following the incident on assault charges, which in December were upgraded to attempted murder, court records show. He was ordered to complete a psychiatric evaluation before standing trial the following June, when bail was set at $10,000 bond or $5,000 cash.
Bias' mother, Alisha Green, then posted the bail bond in August, according to law enforcement sources. The New York Daily News first reported the information.
Bias was free to go, and continued to show up at September court appearances.
But on Saturday, Bias was arrested and charged with the murder of great-grandmother Ella Mae Green.
The 82-year-old woman was found dead and bound with duct tape inside her apartment in the Lillian Wald Houses near East Sixth Street and the FDR Drive on Friday evening, police said.
Police and prosecutors on Saturday said Bias had attacked his great-grandmother during a family dispute, knocking her head against the ground before binding and gagging her with the tape.
He also beat his mother — punching, kicking her, stomping on her face, and binding her with duct tape — but she managed to free herself and call 911, according to police.
Neighbors say they were shocked by the violent end to Green's life, calling her a kind woman who kept to herself.
"They were very quiet, very nice people. I don't know why this thing happened. I was very surprised," said neighbor Maria Bevilacqua, a resident of the Lillian Wald Houses for 48 years.
"I was so sad when I found out. She was strong. She had a walker but even with a walker she looked like she was a strong lady. She could have lived more years, but this thing had to happen."
On Monday, several candles burned outside Green's apartment as a makeshift memorial. A man who lived next door to her declined to comment, saying it was too painful to talk about.
Bias is due back in court on Thursday. His lawyer declined to comment.
