{"id":257700,"date":"2026-06-06T19:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257700\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T19:43:09","slug":"woman-arrested-for-beating-brooklyn-man-98-with-broomstick-in-fight-over-political-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/257700\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman arrested for beating Brooklyn man, 98, with broomstick in fight over political flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police have arrested the woman accused of beating a 98-year-old man with a broomstick and a metal chair<\/a> during an argument over leaving a political flyer in a Brooklyn building.<\/p>\n

Tashara Abel, 27, was hit with multiple counts of assault, burglary and weapons possession on Friday for the assault in the building, near the corner of Maple St. and Rogers Ave. in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, cops said.<\/p>\n

Abel was distributing flyers for the reelection campaign of New York State Committee Member Anthony Beckford<\/a> for the June 23 Democratic primary when she entered the building around 4 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n

The building has a strict \u201cno flyers, no posters,\u201d rule, according to a sign attached to its front door.<\/p>\n

As Abel began stuffing mailboxes with the flyers, she got into an argument with the building\u2019s elderly owner, cops said. Things quickly escalated to a fight, during which she punched the senior, then beat him with a broomstick and a metal chair, cops said.<\/p>\n

Abel lives in Brownsville, about two miles from where the attack took place. Cops were able to identify her through a doorbell camera on the block.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

Rebecca White \/ New York Daily News<\/p>\n

The senior citizen had just entered his building, left, in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens when he got into an argument with a woman stuffing political flyers, right, into mailboxes, police said. (Rebecca White \/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Her arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court was pending Saturday.<\/p>\n

The senior suffered minor injuries and was treated at the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man is my husband. He\u2019s shaken up,\u201d said the the victim\u2019s wife, who declined to give her name. \u201cHe\u2019s an elderly man. It\u2019s just that he\u2019s been assaulted.\u201d<\/p>\n

The attack comes as the NYPD investigates a troubling string of\u00a0chilling assaults against older New Yorkers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Beckford told the Daily News Friday that he was \u201ccurrently reviewing the situation to better understand the full circumstances.\u201d He said he had reached out to the victimized senior to \u201censure he is doing well and has the support he needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile volunteers may operate independently, anyone associated with my campaign is expected to conduct themselves with respect and professionalism at all times, and if it is determined that an individual connected to my campaign acted inappropriately, appropriate actions will be taken,\u201d Beckford added. \u201cWe will continue to monitor this matter closely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neighbors described the 98-year-old victim as a well-known figure in the community, who could always be found sweeping outside his building and offering to help residents on the block.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s always on the lookout to make sure everybody\u2019s safe,\u201d said one neighbor, who wished not to be named. \u201cHe\u2019s a real sweetheart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite he\u2019s advanced years, the man \u2014 who\u2019s just two years shy of turning 100 \u2014 is full of energy and strong, said neighbors, who couldn\u2019t fathom why someone would want to hurt him.<\/p>\n

\u201c(He\u2019s) a really cool community dad,\u201d neighbor Angela Williams, 60, told the Daily News. \u201cI can\u2019t understand (the assault). He doesn\u2019t bother anyone. Why would you beat up someone just for telling you not to leave flyers?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have arrested the woman accused of beating a 98-year-old man with a broomstick and a metal chair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-257700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}