Crime & Safety
Rikers Warden Attacked By Former Inmate And Two Teens: Report
The three teens fled into the Lafayette Gardens Houses after attacking the warden, according to police and reports.
CLINTON HILL, BROOKLYN — A Rikers Island deputy warden was beaten by a former inmate and two of the inmates’ teenaged friends, according to police and reports.
The 42-year-old woman — whom the Daily News identified as Rikers Island warden Tatanisha Banks — was attacked on her front stoop near NYCHA housing on Lafayette and Classon Avenues around 11:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Two 18-year-olds and one 19-year-old ganged up on Banks, punched her repeatedly in the face and shoulder, then fled into the Lafayette Gardens Houses, police said.
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Banks was treated for bruising and swelling at the scene, police said.
Banks told investigators that one of her attackers had been an inmate of Rikers’ Anna M. Kross Center but could not recall her name, the Daily News reported.
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Police were still looking for the suspects as of Thursday morning.
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