An individual suspected of attacking a Jewish man with pepper spray and hitting him with a crutch in New York City Thursday was arrested Friday, an NYPD spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Waseem Awawdeh, 23, was arrested and charged with gang assault, menacing, hate crime assault and criminal possession of a weapon, according to the NYPD. Law enforcement officials arrived on the scene after a 911 call reported the assault, an NYPD spokesperson told the DCNF.
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