{"id":2431103,"date":"2025-05-05T17:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-nyc-punk-with-18-incidents-on-record-who-police-say-attacked-a-blind-woman-then-set-someones-hair-on-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T17:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:17:46","slug":"meet-the-nyc-punk-with-18-incidents-on-record-who-police-say-attacked-a-blind-woman-then-set-someones-hair-on-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-nyc-punk-with-18-incidents-on-record-who-police-say-attacked-a-blind-woman-then-set-someones-hair-on-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the NYC Punk with 18 Incidents on Record Who Police Say Attacked a Blind Woman, Then Set Someone&#8217;s Hair on Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeet-the-nyc-punk-with-18-incidents-on-record-who-police-say-attacked-a-blind-woman-then-set-someones-hair-on-fire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2431103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A 28-year-old man named Edwin Page was recently arrested in Manhattan for a series of disturbing attacks on women. With a criminal history that includes at least ten prior arrests and multiple incidents related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a>, Page&#8217;s actions have reignited discussions about the need for more mental health facilities. He is accused of groping a blind woman, setting another woman&#8217;s hair on fire, and committing additional acts of sexual harassment against several other victims. The Manhattan District Attorney has charged Page with sex abuse,forcible touching,and assault as a hate crime.Public officials, including state Assembly member Tony Simone and former mayoral candidate curtis Sliwa, are calling for immediate reforms to address the treatment of mentally unstable individuals, emphasizing that such behavior must not go unaddressed. Sliwa advocates for the reinstatement of Kendra&#8217;s Law and better mental health services to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-gif-tiff-sparks-mandatory-anti-racism-training-at-cornell\/\" title=\"Kamala GIF Tiff Sparks ...datory \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Training at Cornell\">prevent similar incidents<\/a> in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One New York City man&rsquo;s alleged actions prove we need to build more insane asylums.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/30\/us-news\/blue-haired-nyc-perv-with-long-rap-sheet-busted-for-groping-four-women-including-blind-victim-setting-another-womans-hair-on-fire-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> reported Wednesday that 28-year-old Edwin Page was arrested last week after a series of attacks against women in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Post, Page has at least 10 prior arrests and at least 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oregon-mental-health-advisory-board-member-identifies-turtle-not-joking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental&nbsp;<\/a><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oregon-mental-health-advisory-board-member-identifies-turtle-not-joking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health-<\/a>related<\/span> incidents as an &ldquo;emotionally disturbed person&rdquo; on his record.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant District Attorney Shara Safer said in Manhattan Criminal Court Wednesday that Page &ldquo;stands before the court charged with five separate incidents involving five different strangers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Post d video footage of Page&rsquo;s arrest on social media, labeling him a &ldquo;blue-haired perv.&rdquo; The suspect sported bright-blue hair and wore a T-shirt depicting a glowering Al Pacino in his role as an evil drug lord in the 1983 movie &ldquo;Scarface.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Among other incidents, Page was accused of groping a 23-year-old blind woman after saying to her, &ldquo;Hey, blind girl. I&rsquo;m a detective. Can you see my badge? Of course not, you&rsquo;re blind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Police said he grabbed the woman&rsquo;s buttocks before walking off, but he soon returned, asking the victim, &ldquo;Do you have the time?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Page is accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-man-zip-line-accidentally-records-brutal-terrorist-attack-hears-allahu-akbar-3-times-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorizing<\/a> four more women before his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, he walked up to one woman, asking, &ldquo;Do you want to know what it feels like to be my girlfriend?&rdquo;&nbsp; before rubbing his genitals on her leg.<\/p>\n<p>Minutes later, investigators said, he approached another woman pushing a stroller and slapped her on the butt before running away.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, they said, he went up to a third woman and lit her hair on fire, but she was able to put the flames out before being injured.<\/p>\n<p>In a fourth incident, police said, Page went into a nail salon and stormed up to one female customer, proceeding to grope her buttocks.<\/p>\n<p>Page is charged with sex abuse, forcible touching, and assault as a hate crime in connection with the series of attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Page&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prior arrests include multiple cases<\/a> of domestic assault, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>But in February, he was charged with third-degree assault for allegedly stalking a man, throwing him to the ground and choking him, allegedly accusing him of being &ldquo;part of a Venezuelan gang,&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution called his actions a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/six-girls-ages-11-14-arrested-heinously-violent-assault-hate-crime-enhancement-now-play\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hate crime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>State Assembly Democratic Rep. Tony Simone commented on the significance of mentally unstable people being allowed to simply roam free.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These frightening and disgusting acts are the result of allowing severe mental illness to go untreated for far too long,&rdquo; Simone told the Post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Those who are a clear harm to themselves or others must be put into treatment, otherwise we will continue to see the same pattern,&rdquo; he added, offering a great solution.<\/p>\n<p>Curtis Sliwa, known for founding the Guardian Angels crime-prevention group in the city, also spoke out on the case.<\/p>\n<p>Sliwa, who is running for mayor again in 2025 after being defeated by Eric Adams in 2021, pledged to toughen laws and expand services for the mentally ill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Edwin Page should have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-the-u-s-was-not-built-on-slavery\/\" title=\"No, the U.S. Was Not &quot;Built on Slavery&quot;\">committed long ago<\/a>, but failed leadership and broken policies kept him on the streets,&rdquo; Sliwa posted on X.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under a Sliwa administration, that changes. We&rsquo;ll bring back Kendra&rsquo;s Law with teeth, expand inpatient psych beds, and make sure dangerous individuals are removed before they can reoffend.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;Edwin Page should have been committed long ago, but failed leadership and broken policies kept him on the streets. Under a Sliwa administration, that changes. We&rsquo;ll bring back Kendra&rsquo;s Law with teeth, expand inpatient psych beds, and make sure dangerous individuals are removed&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LgHo3lHJHd\">https:\/\/t.co\/LgHo3lHJHd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Curtis Sliwa (@CurtisSliwa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisSliwa\/status\/1917953870447231380?\">May 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Simone and Silwa may be on to something here.<\/p>\n<p>Page has demonstrated numerous times that he is a threat to those around him.<\/p>\n<p>We often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fans-love-4-words-written-on-megyn-kellys-shirt\/\" title=\"Megyn Kelly&#039;s Shirt: Fans Adore 4 Words\">affirm mental illness<\/a> when we should be treating it. The liberals who run New York City, who pride themselves on their &ldquo;compassion,&rdquo; insist they don&rsquo;t want to offend or disrupt someone living &ldquo;their truth.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But when &ldquo;your truth&rdquo; sees you grope women, set their hair on fire, and stalk people, it&rsquo;s time we say enough.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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