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Beating Assures That Cell Griper Can In Fact Hear Her Now
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Billy Parker
Published Mar 7, 2009
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If you think that someone nearby has no concern for you because they are talking loudly on their cell phone, you might want to consider just how deeply that lack of interest in your well-being might run. Thursday in Borough Park, a woman tried to take a stand against an overly vocal mobile user and ended up on the receiving end of a beating. After being told to pipe down while talking loudly on her phone by the woman while inside a bodega, 21-year-old Berta Rakhamimov chased the chastiser down, shoved her in the chest, threw hot coffee in her face and began biting her on the finger and kicking her thigh with her high heels. Rakhamimov then fled, but police were able to catch up with and charge the woman with assault, menacing and criminal possession for the attack that left the victim bruised and burned.
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