Illegal Immigrant Free After Multiple Attacks On New York City Female Hospital Workers

Earlier in the week, Fox News highlighted an example of how far the New York City has fallen in taking violent crime seriously as the network informed viewers of an illegal immigrant who has repeatedly been arrested for assaulting women but has been neither deported, nor sentenced to significant time in prison. On Monday morning's Fox & Friends First, co-host Todd Piro recalled the case of Edward Johnson, who has a history of assaulting women who work in hospitals: “An illegal immigrant back on the streets of New York City after spending less than a year in jail for the latest of a series of arrests where he's accused of attacking female hospital workers dating all the way back to 2019. And victims are speaking out about the dangers they face every day working in the ER and having to treat people that are violent repeat offenders.”

After showing viewers a photograph of a nurse, Chelsea Mora, who was attacked in a Bronx hospital in January, he brought her aboard to discuss her experience. Mora recalled that she was examining the patient when "he struck my face with his fists, leaving me with a corneal hematoma and PTSD after the incident." Regarding the state's current weak crime policies, she soon complained: “It seems to be a severe problem in New York City now. I think these soft on crime laws that are being implemented aren't helping us -- like citizens of New York -- aren't helping health care staff in dealing with these types of criminals. This one particular gentleman has over 20 open cases, and he's out on the streets abusing and assaulting people.” Mora then recounted that when staff are assaulted, they are often encouraged not to press charges but that, even when they do, perpetrators receive little punishment:

“…usually when one of us does get assaulted -- whether it's a doctor or nurse -- we're kind of discouraged to not press charges. When we actually do press charges and things go up to the court level, things are just dropped -- charges are dropped, and these criminals are back on the street. They maybe serve one or two months in jail, and then they're back out doing the same thing. So it seems to be a reoccurring theme.” On Tuesday morning, Fox's America's Newsroom also covered the issue, and informed viewers that the perpetrator was released after a few hours and is now considered on the lam with a warrant out for his arrest. Correspondent Alexi McAdams further related that he has had at least 46 arrests since he illegally entered the country. It was also mentioned that, according to Mora, the prosecutor's office in the Bronx had tried to get her to lessen the charges:

“According to the New York Post, Dana, Johnson is in the country illegally, entering the U.S. about 10 years ago. Since then, he's committed at least 46 crimes. Although Mora's injuries have healed, she says mentally she's still in pain, and she's pretty angry because she says the Bronx D.A.'s office has asked her two times to lessen the charges against Johnson, but she refused. We reached out to the Bronx D.A.'s office who tells us now, "We would like to present it to a grand jury for felony charges."”