Boardwalk Empire star Michael Stuhlbarg is smacked in the back of the neck by rock-wielding homeless man near Central Park
- Stuhlbarg, 55, was apparently randomly approached by a homeless man on the Upper East Side on Sunday evening, the NYPD told DailyMail.com
- The actor was walking near East 90th and East Drive around 7:45 p.m. when Xavier Israel, 27, hit him in the neck with a rock.
- Israel is homeless and has previously been arrested for two assaults and a robbery in January 2022, police confirmed
Boardwalk Empire star Michael Stuhlbarg was attacked by a rock-wielding homeless man near Central Park in New York City, according to police.
Stuhlbarg, 55, was apparently randomly approached by a homeless man on the Upper East Side on Sunday evening, the NYPD told DailyMail.com.
The actor was walking near East 90th and East Drive around 7:45 p.m. when Xavier Israel, 27, hit him in the neck with a rock.
Police said Stuhlbarg “received medical attention at the scene” for “minor injuries.”
Stuhlbarg, 55, was apparently randomly approached by a homeless man on the Upper East Side on Sunday evening
Pictured: Xavier Israel is booked for a previous attack in Manhattan in January 2022
Stuhlbarg chased Israel after the attack, and agents stationed outside the Russian consulate at 9 E 91 Street arrested him, according to the New York Post.
Israel, who is homeless, was taken into custody and charged with assault.
He was previously arrested for two assaults and a robbery in January 2022, police confirmed.
In one incident that month, he knocked a 59-year-old man to the ground and robbed him after the man tried to offer him a jacket in freezing temperatures.
Israel was also arrested for attacking another person who offered him help – a 49-year-old woman, and for beating up two 18-year-olds in Central Park.
Israel used a coronavirus mask to obscure his identity when he appeared in court for the January attacks
Pictured: Israel is charged in Manhattan Criminal Court with assault and robbery for hitting and beating a Good Samaritan who tried to give him a jacket in January 2022
The attacks all took place in the month of January 2022 and Israel has no further criminal record before or after this month, police told DailyMail.com.
The first incident, in which Israel attacked the man who offered him a jacket, was captured on surveillance footage.
Video shows the victim trying to help Israel, who had been lying on the sidewalk at 476 5th Avenue on a particularly cold evening around 8 p.m.
The victim gently places a jacket he was wearing on Israel before the homeless man jumps up and pushes him to the ground.
Israel retrieved the man’s wallet from his back pants pocket as he lay on the ground before fleeing the scene.
The victim tries to get his wallet back before Israel punches him and throws him back to the ground.
When Israel was arrested shortly afterward at West 41st Street and 5th Avenue, officers found nearly $1,500 in cash stuffed down his pants.
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