Broomstick Battery

by Jerry Danzig

At 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, a 37-year-old man from Queens was working in a commercial building on West 63rd Street when he had a dispute with another worker. The second man struck the first man in the face with a painting broomstick, injuring him and causing pain and bruising. The broomstick wielder fled the scene, while the victim went to the 115th precinct and received treatment by Emergency Medical Services there. No flying monkeys were witnessed in the vicinity.