Violent homeless man on parole for assault is nabbed for punching woman, 72, in random NYC attack: cops

Joe Marino, Amanda Woods, Patrick Reilly
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Mouhamed Diallo, 29, slugged a 72-year-old woman in the back of the head as she walked at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 96th Street in Bay Ridge around 4:50 p.m. Sunday, May 5, authorities said. 
Mouhamed Diallo, 29, slugged a 72-year-old woman in the back of the head as she walked in Bay Ridge around 4:50 p.m. Sunday, May 5, authorities said.

A violent homeless man on parole for felony assault has been nabbed for randomly punching an elderly woman in the head in Brooklyn, cops and law enforcement sources said Friday.

Mouhamed Diallo, 29, slugged his 72-year-old victim in the back of her skull as she walked at the corner of Fourth Avenue and 96th Street in Bay Ridge around 4:50 p.m. Sunday, May 5, authorities said.

The attacker ran off after the assault, leaving the senior with bleeding and swelling to her head, police said.

Mouhamed Diallo, 29, was charged with assault for randomly slugging a 72-year-old woman in Bay Ridge, cops said.
Mouhamed Diallo, 29, was charged with assault for randomly slugging a 72-year-old woman in Bay Ridge, cops said.

She was taken to Maimonides Medical Center, where she was listed in stable condition.

A surveillance photo of the suspect was released, and Diallo was busted around 6 p.m. Thursday and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, cops said.

He was nabbed in the confines of the NYPD’s 60th Precinct, which covers the Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Sea Gate neighborhoods.

Diallo has 10 prior arrests, most for assault, and was out on parole at the time of his latest attack, cops said. NYPD
Diallo has 10 prior arrests, most for assault, and was out on parole at the time of his latest attack, cops said. NYPD

Diallo has 10 prior arrests — eight for assault and two for robbery, according to cops and sources.

Five of the assaults took place in Brooklyn, and three of them inside a correctional facility in the Bronx, according to the sources.

One of them was for felony assault, and Diallo was freed in February on that crime and put on parole ’til November 2028, law enforcement sources said.

He was nabbed the same day another creep randomly punched and slashed a 64-year-old woman in a vicious attack on a Queens street, cops said.