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Teen boy arrested after assault on NYC girl who reportedly rejected him

The 14-year-old suspect was charged with assault after a video showed him body-slamming the 15-year-old girl and stomping on her head.

  • On Monday, April 20, 2026, a 14-year-old suspect body-slammed a 15-year-old victim in East Harlem after she refused to give him her phone number, the assault occurring near East 107th Street and 3rd Avenue.
  • The victim, a ninth-grade student-athlete at East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School, had reportedly endured weeks of harassment from the suspect before the attack escalated on Monday.
  • Authorities arrested the 14-year-old suspect on Wednesday and charged him with assault; he appeared in Manhattan Family Court on Thursday, where he was remanded into custody by the Division of Youth and Family Justice.
  • Selma Allen, the boy's mother, claimed her son is a 'humble,' 'quiet' Christian who was bullied by the victim, alleging the girl shoved him before the video began, though she reportedly failed to provide supporting footage.
  • The victim's mother, Lucinda Arroyo, described the attack as 'outright assault' and called her daughter's survival a 'miracle,' noting she remains 'very upset' and will require ongoing physical therapy.
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AM New York broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
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