India, Dec. 4 -- A 45-year-old man with a long history of sexual offenses and violent crimes has been charged in connection with an attack on a New York University student near the school's Manhattan campus. According to the NYPD, the suspect, James Rizzo, allegedly approached a 20-year-old student from behind on Monday morning, slapped her head and buttocks, pulled her hair, and knocked her to the ground before fleeing.

Rizzo, a career criminal, committed a similar attack just days earlier in Manhattan. He allegedly shoved a 68-year-old woman who was walking on Fifth Avenue near West 47th Street around 8:45 pm on Thanksgiving Day, police said, according to the New York Post.

The incident concerning the NYU student was captured on surve...