A Bronx man, 35, is left with a broken jaw after being knocked down with a baseball bat while trying to stop the assailant from abusing his dog
- Rubin Bartley, 34, was charged with attempted murder for punching the 35-year-old victim during a fight on East 135th Street and Third Avenue in New York.
- The bloodied victim was seen being carried into an ambulance after being beaten repeatedly with a wooden bat and breaking his jaw
A man was seriously injured after being hit with a baseball bat in the Bronx while trying to stop his alleged attacker from assaulting a dog on the street.
Rubin Bartley, 34, was charged with attempted murder for punching the 35-year-old victim during a fight at East 135th Street and Third Avenue in New York City.
Police were called to the scene in Mott Haven around 3:45 p.m. on Sunday.
The bloodied victim was seen being carried into an ambulance after being beaten repeatedly with a wooden bat and breaking his jaw.
The bloodied victim was seen being carried into an ambulance after being beaten repeatedly with a wooden bat and breaking his jaw
Rubin Bartley, 34, was charged with attempted murder for knocking down the 35-year-old victim during a fight at East 135th Street and Third Avenue
Bartley, who is from eastern New York, allegedly punched his female Doberman when the victim tried to intervene.
He is said to have knocked the 35-year-old to the ground before going to his car, pulling out a bat and slapping him with it.
Despite a broken jaw, the victim is said to be in a stable condition, NYPost reports.
He was taken to Lincoln Medical Center to deal with trauma to his face and head.
The injured victim was seen with his hand to his head in pain, while his shirt was covered in blood.
Bartley The arraignment was pending at the Bronx Criminal Court on Monday.
The victim’s blood can be seen on the side of a nearby car in the Bronx block
Police and ambulance were seen on the scene
The victim, 35, was in pain after the ordeal
Earlier this year, in March, tTwo people were arrested after being filmed performing a brutal and sickening bat attack on a man in the middle of a Queens street, above a parking lot.
Authorities said the attack — which took place on 49th Street in Sunnyside — left the unidentified victim brain-damaged and on a ventilator.
Alleged assailants Arturo Cuevas, 30, and Daisy Barrera, 27, can be seen in the video mercilessly beating and kicking the 28-year-old man in broad daylight.
Not only had the man been kicked and beaten with a bat, but according to police, the man had also been stabbed ‘throughout the body’ five times and entered the hospital in critical condition.
Barrera and Cuevas have each been charged with second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault and second-degree assault.