The defense attorneys for the 57-year-old man arrested in the hammer attack on a New York City health department employee as she headed into a Queens subway station one night after work claims prosecutors are charging the wrong man with attempted murder.
He's accused of stealing her purse before fleeing the scene. Rothschild was hospitalized in critical condition with a skull fracture and brain bleeding. Her brother told News 4 after the attack that she was doing better after emergency surgery to repair the fracture.
Blount's record includes kidnappings, robberies and drug crimes in New York City and South Carolina dating to the early 1980s.‘Consciousness of Guilt': Fatal NYC Shove Suspect May Face More Legal Jeopardy for Deleting Social Media, Experts Say Blount tried to escape while serving that sentence, South Carolina police say. It happened during the murder of a guard by other inmates amid a larger escape plot on Sept. 17, 2000. Blount tried to join the jailbreak, jumping from the prison roof and breaking both his ankles in the process. He was caught, and got hit with a conspiracy to escape charge on top of the other crimes for which he was jailed.
. Police also said other credit cards, store cards and a New York City ID card belonging to Rothschild were found in Alston's wallet.
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