THE BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — A Bronx man is behind bars after a string of vicious and random attacks on unsuspecting women, police said.
Investigators say 23-year-old Jeremiah White first unleashed his tirade on a nurse’s aide walking to work — but it didn’t stop there. Officials say he attacked two others, including a young girl.
“I told him, please stop, don’t punch me, I’m hurt, stop,” said Virginia Alvarez, who was beaten within an inch of her life Wednesday morning in the Bronx.
“He said, ‘You killed my mother,’ and pushed me and punched me — ‘You killed my mother, you like that?’ — punching, punching, punching me,” Alvarez recalled.
The nurse’s aide was walking to work around 5:30 a.m. on University Avenue when she said she crossed paths with the devil.
Surveillance video shows the savage and random attack, where White allegedly used his fists — and a metal pole — on the 46-year-old.
“He got a pole and hit me in the head,” Alvarez said. “If it wasn’t for a civilian, I would be dead today.”
She believes that the man driving by saved her life by scaring off the attacker.
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But two hours later, police say White struck again — this time targeting a 15-year-old girl on her way to school on Louis Nine Boulevard.
“She’s in the hospital, she can’t talk — the poor girl,” Alvarez said.
Two hours after that, police say he attacked a 54-year-old woman on Franklin Avenue.
“He is sick. He’s been used by the devil,” said the suspect’s godmother.
White was arrested and arraigned on Thursday. Prosecutors say he attacked two other women as recently as September, only to be released.
Alvarez’s mother blames New York’s bail reform laws for her daughter’s injuries.
“Public safety has gone down,” said Carmen Figueroa. “The police do their job and they come right back out — we’re losing a lot of lives.”
White was out on supervised release at the time of the attacks on Wednesday. He was not eligible for bail for his previous cases, according to the district attorney.
He’s now facing attempted murder charges and is being held on $600,000 bond.
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