A maniac with a history of random attacks on women — who also once decapitated a pigeon in the middle of Penn Station — was released again after his latest arrest, for allegedly kicking a 7-year-old boy in an unprovoked Brooklyn attack, according to cops and prosecutors.
Jesse Daniels, 23, randomly stormed up to the boy and dealt a swift kick to his left ear that knocked him to the ground around 2:35 p.m. March 6 on Schenectady Avenue near Union Street in Crown Heights, according to cops and video posted online by the neighborhood’s Shomrim Patrol.
The boy — who was simply playing outside when he was attacked — refused medical treatment at the scene, cops said.
ARREST MADE: A suspect has been taken into custody following an unprovoked attack on a 5-year-old boy on March 6th.
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Daniels was arrested Tuesday and charged with attempted assault in the second and third degrees, third-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree harassment, according to a complaint filed in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
He was released on his own recognizance Wednesday, because the charges do not qualify for bail under the state’s lax bail reform laws.
Daniels, of Queens – known to wear a Boston Celtics jacket and carry around a basketball – has six prior arrests dating back less than a year, according to police.
He is accused of punching two women, 30 and 31, in back-to-back unprovoked attacks around 8:25 a.m. March 27 in front of the Goldman Sachs headquarters on West Street near Murray Street, police said.
The blows left both women with swelling, bruising and substantial pain in their faces, according to a criminal complaint.
Daniels – who was wearing the signature green jacket and carrying the ball at the time – initially fled the scene and was arrested April 2, cops said.
He faced multiple charges – including misdemeanor assault, harassment and aggravated harassment – but was ultimately granted supervised release by a judge despite prosecutors’ request that he be held on $5,000 cash bail or $15,000 bond.
He was previously nabbed on March 12 for allegedly punching a 31-year-old woman in the face inside Penn Station just before 11 a.m. that day, cops said.
Daniels was charged with misdemeanor assault, but was ultimately granted supervised release on the non-bail-eligible offense.
In a disturbing act of animal cruelty in Penn Station Feb. 13, he allegedly grabbed a pigeon, ripped off its head and tossed both the head and body on the floor, according to cops and a criminal complaint.
Then Daniels – seen wearing the Celtics jacket and carrying the ball – callously stomped on the bird’s body, the court doc said.
Daniels was arrested two days later by an Amtrak Police officer who spotted him in the station and charged with torturing animals.
When the officer questioned him, he replied, “Is this because I killed the bird? I killed my bird…I just killed it. I am not going to do it again though,” according to the complaint.
“I have my Celtics jacket…it’s still at home. I would have worn it but it has blood and feathers on it,” he allegedly added.
Daniels was granted supervised release over prosecutors’ request for $5,000 bail or $15,000 bond.
He was also arrested on Oct. 30, 2025 for allegedly jumping a turnstile in Queens, police said.
Daniels’ first arrest was on July 31, 2025 for allegedly punching a 64-year-old woman in the face, unprovoked, inside the Fulton Street subway station in Lower Manhattan, authorities said.
The dispositions of those cases were not immediately known.
He is due back in Brooklyn Court in connection to the attack on the 7-year-old boy on July 17, records show.
