Marquis Ventura: Homeless THUG who punched Ricky Moranis hit a Soho store owner same day
MANHATTAN, NEW YORK CITY: Marquis Ventura, who was accused of assaulting Rick Moranis on October 1, 2020, has pleaded guilty. As per the latest report, officials said that Ventura also punched the owner of a Soho liquor store and stole a bottle of champagne on the day he attacked the 'Ghostbusters' actor.
According to NY Post, on August 9, the 37-year-old Ventura admitted to punching Moranis on Central Park West, as per the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. He, who also repeatedly punched a Soho liquor owner's head and threw a bottle at the owner, pleaded guilty to assault in the second degree, attempted assault in the second degree, petit larceny, and four counts of assault in the third degree, Manhattan prosecutors said. Ventura is also accused of beating up a 61-year-old customer in Soho and attacking a commuter in Greenwich Village and The Bronx.
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Details of the 2020 attack
As reported earlier, Moranis was attacked by Ventura when he was walking near Central Park West on the Upper West Side around 7.30 am on October 1. Ventura struck him in the head and knocked him to the ground. He was arrested on November 14, 2020, at 96th Street and Broadway subway station.
After the attack, Moranis reportedly got himself treated at a local hospital where he reported pain in his head, back and right hip. After being treated, the actor then reported the incident to cops at the 20th Precinct, according to a police official.
As per a Daily Mail report, a group of officers from the New York Police Department visited the actor on October 2 afternoon, at his home on the Upper West Side following the attack on the streets. "[Moranis] is doing well. He is strong. He is recovering," said Detective Kaz Daughtry, one of six cops with the NYPD's new Community Affairs Rapid Response. "He just wants us to catch the bad guy and all this to go away. He has some injuries to his left side," he explained.
NYPD posted the video of the incident that was caught on surveillance camera as they wrote, "WANTED for ASSAULT: On 10/1, at 7:24 AM, a 67-year-old male victim was walking southbound on Central Park West in the vicinity of West 70th Street, when an unidentified male struck him in the head with a closed fist, knocking him to the ground. Have info? Call/DM @NYPDTips." After the arrest of the attacker, who has a history of 13 arrests, including five for felonies, NYPD wrote, “Thanks to an eagle-eyed sergeant from NYPD Transit, this suspect has been apprehended and charged.”
Thanks to an eagle-eyed sergeant from @NYPDTransit, this suspect has been apprehended and charged. https://t.co/cKtkgzc3vU
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) November 14, 2020