Brooklyn Man Receives 17-Year Sentence for Sexual Assault on Elderly Woman
Brooklyn, N.Y. – A Brooklyn resident, Leroy Hatcher, 44, has received a prison sentence of 17 years to life following his conviction on charges of first-degree attempted criminal sexual act and first-degree sexual abuse. The sentencing, announced by the district attorney, occurred after Hatcher admitted to the violent assault of a 62-year-old woman in early 2021. The attack unfolded on a cold February morning as the woman, a resident of the Stuyvesant Heights neighborhood, was …