An elderly man is facing seven years in prison for allegedly assaulting another elderly man. The modus operandi, however, is even more peculiar than the criminal suspect.
He assaulted the other man by giving him a good old-fashioned whipping.
The suspect, 83-year old Gersh Gofman, allegedly whipped 99-year-old Steve Pulwers in a parking spot dispute on January 19. Gofman was parking in a spot below Pulwers' building, which incidentally also housed a doctor's office. Pulwers came outside and knocked on Gofman's window, telling him that the spot belonged to the doctor. The doctor had been waiting in the lot, as Gofman sat in his way waiting for his wife to emerge from a doctor's office across the street.
Gofman allegedly then emerged from the vehicle with his steering wheel clutch and began thrashing Pulwers, a survivor of Stalin's forced labor camps. Pulwers suffered two black eyes, a broken nose and damaged ribs as a result of the assault.
Initially charged with first degree assault, Gofman stood to face 25 years in jail. Luckily for Gofman, the charge was reduced to second degree assault. Last week, Gofman was offered a no-jail plea offer. His New York criminal defense attorney, however, rejected the plea on Monday. According to his New York criminal defense attorney, Gofman is waiting for a better offer.
Plea bargains usually happen long before trial, where the prosecutors and the New York criminal defense attorney reach a deal that the suspect will plead guilty to a certain charge in exchange for a lighter sentence. For Gofman, his New York criminal defense attorney indicated that they felt the plea bargain was not the best offer available and they would hold out until a better offer could be made.
When told of Gofman's rejection of the plea offer by NY Post, Pulwers seemed nonchalant, claiming that he was looking forward to celebrating his 100th birthday soon.
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