{"id":33089,"date":"2024-10-07T03:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=33089"},"modified":"2024-10-31T21:17:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T02:17:35","slug":"boys-12-and-13-arrested-in-street-attack-on-former-ny-gov-david-paterson-and-stepson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=33089","title":{"rendered":"Boys, 12 and 13, arrested in street attack on former NY Gov. David Paterson and stepson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two boys, ages 12 and 13, have been arrested and charged in a street attack<\/a> last week on former New York Gov. David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson that unfolded on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two children, whose names were not released, were arrested around 8 p.m. Saturday after turning themselves in at a police precinct with their parents, the New York Police Department said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A third child initially wanted in the attack also turned themself in but was not charged after officers determined he was not involved, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 12-year-old suspect was arrested on a charge of second-degree gang assault while the 13-year-old was charged with third-degree gang assault, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Governor Paterson and his family are glad to see the suspects turned themselves in,” Sean Darcy, spokesperson for Paterson, told New York ABC station\u00a0WABC<\/a>. “We hope that the young people involved learn something from this unfortunate encounter.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attack occurred around 8:35 p.m. on Friday on 2nd Avenue near 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The confrontation began as a “verbal altercation” between the suspects and the 70-year-old former governor and his stepson, the NYPD said. Police initially said that up to five suspects were involved in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects had had “a previous interaction” with the stepson, Paterson’s spokesperson told WABC, noting that the attack took place near the victims’ home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspects hit the victims in the face and body, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paterson and his stepson managed to fight off the attackers, the spokesperson said, and the suspects fled on foot, according to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The investigation of the attack is ongoing and more arrests could be made, police said.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paterson and his stepson were both taken to the hospital in stable condition, police said, and they’ve since been released, the former governor’s spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor of New York from 2008 to 2010. He was New York’s first African American governor and the nation’s first legally blind governor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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