2013-01-30 19:37:48
In New Jersey, police have arrested the mugger responsible for a recent string of violent attacks against Asian residents on Manhattan's Upper East Side over the last two weeks: Man Arrested in Attacks on Asians in East Harlem.
According to authorities, 34-year-old Jason Commisso was apprehended by New Jersey state troopers and New York police officers on the New Jersey Turnpike, while on a southbound interstate bus headed for Richmond, Virginia.
He was wanted in connection with eight different robberies -- all targeting men and women of Asian descent -- since January 1. Read more here.
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