A woman who was suspected of attacking Asians in the Queens area of New York has finally been caught and being charged with hate crimes. She has previously stolen from a person of Asian descent, attacked three different people and bludgeoned an elderly woman with a hammer.
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Woman accused of going on Anti-Asian hate attack spree was finally apprehended by New York police.
Maricia Bell is suspected of a series of unprovoked attacks on members of the Asian community.
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Charges include stealing from a person of Asian descent and three separate attacks in June and July.
All the attacks that happened in Queens escalated in violence as Bell attacked an elderly woman using a hammer.
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The woman is now in a stable condition but sustained serious condition.
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She has been charged with robbery, assault, and assault as a hate crime.
Bell is known to have three prior arrests to this one.
