Far Rockaway man arrested for Inwood assault

Frederick Walker, 43, of Beach 40th Street, Far Rockaway, was arrested for assaulting a woman and a man on Bayview Avenue in Inwood at 9:40 p.m. July 5, according to police.
During a dispute, Walker grabbed the woman, 56, and threw her onto the hot coals from a barbecue grill that he intentionally knocked over onto the sidewalk, police said. Then Walker hit the woman’s head against the sidewalk and stabbed her in the neck with a utensil. A man, 59, intervened and tried to pull Walker away from the woman, and he was pushed onto the coals. Both the woman and man were taken to a local hospital and treated for cuts and burns to their arms, hands and legs.
Walker was charged with three counts of assault-second degree and criminal possession of a weapon-third degree.

Group of eight robs man

A group of eight teenagers between 15 and 18 allegedly attacked and robbed a man, 36, in Inwood at 11:55 p.m. on July 5, police said.

The man was walking home when he was hit from behind at the intersection of Brunswick Avenue and Doughty Boulevard They continued to strike him in the head and back and he fell to the ground, according to police. They took his cell phone and wallet that contained an unspecified amount of money, then fled on foot heading west on Brunswick Avenue. The man was taken to a local hospital and treated for injuries to his head and ankle.
Police said that there were four young men and four young women, all black, with slim builds and at least one is 5-feet, 9-inches tall.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-8477. All calls are kept confidential.