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Police: Brooklyn man accused of physically endangering disabled individual in East Garden City

Police say 32-year-old medical aide Paul D. Shorter attacked a physically disabled person in a parking lot on Stewart Avenue on May 10.

News 12 Staff

Jun 4, 2023, 5:11 PM

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A Brooklyn man has been arrested in connection to an attack against a disabled person in East Garden City.

Police say 32-year-old medical aide Paul D. Shorter attacked a physically disabled person in a parking lot on Stewart Avenue on May 10.

Detectives say witnesses saw Shorter yelling, pulling and twisting the victim’s arm as he attempted to force him into a van.

Shorter was arrested on Saturday afternoon in Brooklyn and is charged with endangering the welfare of an incompetent physically disabled person.

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