A Brooklyn woman was left with a fractured face, three teeth knocked out and had to have her jaw wired shut after a stranger viciously sucker-punched her on the street.
Dulce Pichardo, 57, was walking down Grand Avenue near Dean Street in Brooklyn at around 5pm on Tuesday when a man struck her in the face.
Shocking CCTV footage shows Franz Jeudy, 33, reach out with his arm as Pichardo, a school bus aide returning home from work, violently striking her in the face before simply walking on.
Pichardo is seen staggering backwards from the force of the brutal assault and the shock.
'I was bleeding a lot. I was so scared. So afraid,' the victim told ABC News.
Dulce Pichardo, 57, was left with a fractured face, three teeth knocked out and her jaw wired shut after a stranger viciously sucker-punched her
She was walking down Grand Avenue near Dean Street in Brooklyn at around 5 pm on Tuesday when a man struck her in the face
Left with her face fractured in several places, Pichardo has had to have her jaw wired shut and will only be able to eat through a straw for six weeks.
She also lost three teeth and may have suffered permanent damage to her lower lip.
'He hit me very, very strong over here,' Pichardo said showing her bruised and battered head.
'And he broke everything here. Everything broke,' she said of the left side of her face.
Her brother, who owns a restaurant nearby and an employee chased the attacker down the street.
When they caught up with him he denied the attack.
Franz Jeudy, 33, has been charged with misdemeanour assault and released back on the streets despite having seven prior arrests for assault charges
Shocking CCTV footage shows Franz Jeudy, 33, reach out with his arm violently striking her in the face before simply walking on
However, they followed him for several blocks and stopped him from fleeing until police arrived.
Jeudy was charged with with misdemeanor assault but has been released back into the streets despite having seven prior arrests for assault charges.
'Every time I see a man, I cross,' Pichardo told ABC.
'I'm not going to be close to nobody. I'm very afraid. I tell my son where I'm going, I say I want you to walk with me.'
