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Apr 28, 2007 8:54 pm US/Eastern

Suspect In Attack On Elderly Women Under Arrest

NYC's Most Wanted Man May Finally Be Off The Streets

QUEENS (CBS/AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 3: This mugger made off with $33 and apartment keys, after attacking Rose Morat.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 3: Rose Morat, 101, was struck in the face and robbed of $33 and her house keys.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 3: Solange Elizee
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A man accused of viciously beating and mugging a 101-year-old woman and two others was arraigned Saturday on charges that included hate crimes, authorities said.

Jack Rhodes, 44, was held without bail on charges of robbery, grand larceny, burglary and assault. Some of those charges were listed as hate crimes because two of the women were at least 60 years old. Authorities said Rhodes targeted the women because of their age, a violation of the New York State Hate Crimes Act of 2000.

"The savagery and violence of the defendant's alleged cowardly actions have no place in a civilized society and the charges against him will be vigorously prosecuted," Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.

Rhodes, whose last known address was in Queens, was arrested Friday on unrelated drug charges.

Police questioned him after noticing he matched a photo of a person wanted in the attacks, including Rose Morat, 101, whose March 4 beating was caught on surveillance tape.

The grainy images show Morat, who was using a walker, trying to leave her apartment building when a man attacked her, hitting her in the face. Morat suffered a fractured cheekbone and bruises to her face. Her assailant got away with $33 and her house keys.

The footage caused public outrage, prompting the NYPD to assign dozens of detectives to the case. The NYPD showed the surveillance video to every uniformed officer in the city.

Rhodes is also accused of attacking 85-year-old Solange Elizee, 51-year-old Angela Khan and burglarizing a building. All the attacks took place in Queens.

He faces up to 25 years if convicted. A message left with his lawyer was not immediately returned Saturday.
"I am so sorry for what happened," Rhodes said as he was led out of a police station, the New York Post reported Saturday.

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