Wednesday
Nov162011
Is Some Dude Harrassing Women Walking Dogs in Park Slope?
Posted by: Kerri | Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 12:00PM
One female FiPS reader says yes, and is trying to alert the rest of the neighborhood.
I'm trying to get the word out about a wacko who is targeting women with dogs in Park Slope. I had a verbal altercation with him in the spring of 2010 in the park near 11th St while I was walking a dog (editor's note: in a later email she describes the incident as such: "If I remember correctly he called me white trash and muttered something else.") In March 2011, he verbally abused and then spat on a woman walking a dog on Prospect Park West between 11th and 12th streets. Then in April, he verbally abused and threw a trash can at a woman walking a dog. Just yesterday he verbally abused a woman with a dog on 6th Ave near 10th St. Two of the victims have filed police reports but the police are not following up. He's white, about 6'2", late 40's / early 50's, slender. I just want the community to be alert and hopefully stop this guy.
I asked the tipster about the accounts from other women, and if they were sure it was the same man and not isolated incidents.
I consoled the woman he spat on since I happened upon her seconds after he said something to me. This being the second time he verbally insulted and intimidated me. I was so disturbed at the time that after I consoled her I didn't think to ask her for her name and info. Also, I'm not one to reflexively turn to the police for help. Then my friend called me on Nov 10 seconds after he verbally assaulted her and said, " it's him." She filed a police report. She is friends with the woman he threw a trash can at on march 21. She said she was going to file a police report.
I'm still looking for the woman he spat on. I'm hoping to encourage her to document it with the police with me as her witness. Spitting is physical assault.
So there's some dude allegedly spitting on and throwing trash cans at women walking dogs in the Slope. Not cool. Has anyone else heard of similar accounts?
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