Homeless Woman Slashes Man in Battery Park

Manhattan

An emotionally disturbed homeless woman slashed a restaurant worker in Battery Park, A Walk In The Park has learned.

Ageina White, 44, slashed a 22- year-old Battery Gardens restaurant worker in the stomach with a broken bottle on Friday afternoon, October 21st. The worker had been taking out the garbage when he was attacked. After the altercation the woman was observed defecating on bathroom floor. She ran out of the park and went across the street.

The woman was spotted sitting on a park bench in nearby Peter Minuit Plaza. She was arrested by Park Enforcement Patrol officers and brought to Elhurst Hospital in Queens for observation.

She was charged with assault, aggravated harassment and public lewdness. According to witnesses Ms. White has been involved in many altercations in the park. - Geoffrey Croft