A stroller-pushing maniac who attacked strangers in Manhattan takes a plea deal
A man named Sam Mensah, 33, who was known for pushing a stroller and attacking strangers in Manhattan, has taken a plea deal that could result in him facing five years behind bars. He pleaded guilty to assault charges in Manhattan Supreme Court for assaulting at least five women on the Upper East Side in 2023.
Mensah, with almost a dozen prior arrests, was a known figure in the neighborhood for his violent and unprovoked attacks. He was caught on surveillance pushing a young boy in a stroller during the assaults. He was arrested in September 2023 for forcefully shoving a 64-year-old grandmother near East 77th Street and Third Avenue.
His attorney, Raymond Loving, expressed surprise at Mensah’s decision to plead guilty. Loving described Mensah as an overprotective dad and had planned to argue that Mensah felt threatened by one of his victims, a 68-year-old attorney who he knocked out cold.
Mensah was also accused of hitting someone with a handbasket in a grocery store and assaulting a 16-year-old girl. In a separate incident, he spat in a reporter’s eye as she walked her dog on East 85th Street and York Avenue.
Judge Felicia Mennin ordered Mensah to be remanded until his sentencing on Sept. 5.
