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Homeless nut charged with stabbing 75-year-old woman twice released without bail last year

Nypost · · 545 words · By Greg Carlton; Amanda Woods; Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
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Homeless nut charged with stabbing 75-year-old woman twice released without bail last year See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleA homeless maniac charged with stabbing a 75-year-old woman in the neck in a random attack Sunday was twice freed without bail last year after terrorizing a Brooklyn beauty supply store owner.

Common ground

Shawnee Moore, 36, was busted in September 2025 for allegedly trying to torch someone at KNS Beauty Hair & Wigs on Mother Gaston Boulevard with a lighter and an aerosol hair spray can, while smashing the victim in the face and scratching him, court records…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Shawnee Moore, 36, was busted in September 2025 for allegedly trying to torch someone at KNS Beauty Hair & Wigs on Mother Gaston Boulevard with a lighter and an aerosol hair spray can, while smashing the victim in the face and scratching him, court records show.”
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The specific details regarding the September 2025 arrest at KNS Beauty Hair & Wigs on Mother Gaston Boulevard, including the use of a lighter and aerosol spray, are reported across multiple search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — ... beauty supply store owner. Shawnee Moore, 36, was busted in September 2025 for allegedly trying to torch someone at KNS Beauty Hair Wigs on Mother Gaston ...
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web search NEUTRAL — ... September 17, marks the first announced booking for the much publicized ... Shawnee on the Delaware, in Shawnee, Pa. in spite of a cloudly Tuesday (4) ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 · Shawnee Moore was accused of terrorizing a Brooklyn beauty shop last year -- but remained free to allegedly attack an elderly woman Sunday.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/homeless-nut-charged-w…
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Claim 2: “A homeless maniac charged with stabbing a 75-year-old woman in the neck in a random attack Sunday was twice freed without bail last year after terrorizing a Brooklyn beauty supply store owner.”
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Multiple web search results confirm Shawnee Moore was charged with stabbing a 75-year-old woman and had been previously released on supervised release following incidents at a Brooklyn beauty shop.
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Claim 3: “She was charged with assault, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon in the incident and had an order of protection issued to stay away — but she was freed on supervised release by Judge Jevet Johnson despite prosecutors asking for $15,000 cash bail or a $30,000 bond.”
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The specific details regarding Judge Jevet Johnson, the charges of assault/menacing/criminal possession, and the specific bail request ($15k/$30k) appear in one primary reporting source provided in the search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a judicial panel.
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web search NEUTRAL — She was charged with assault, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon in the incident and had an order of protection issued to stay away — but she was freed on supervised release by Judge Jevet J…
https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/homeless-nut-charged-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — 15, 2025 before her arrest. lu.pychung/Instagram. “At least for now, unless she spends over a $1,000 or uses a stolen credit card, they are going to be stuck with misdemeanors and have to deal with he…
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Claim 4: “The victim was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where she was listed in stable condition, but was still able to point out Moore as her alleged attacker.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center or the victim's identification of Moore.
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Claim 5: “On May 15, she skipped out on that case and had a warrant issued.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of unrelated search results (a 1936 catalog and unrelated arrests in other counties). No evidence confirms Moore skipped court on May 15.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 16, 2025 ... Was arrested for failure to appear when I was at the courthouse had a few seizures ambulance ... A warrant was later issued in this case.
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 17, 2026 ... NE in Canton on Monday when he was cited for theft, the court records show. A warrant was issued for his arrest two days later on that charge.
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Claim 6: “the second-degree assault charge against Moore in September is the only count eligible for bail — at the judge’s discretion.”
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The claim regarding the eligibility of the second-degree assault charge for bail is mentioned in the reporting source, but not corroborated by independent legal analysis or other news outlets in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 17, 2023 ... The analysis compares re-arrest on any charge, a felony, a violent felony, and a firearm charge between people released under the reforms and ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 2, 2021 ... These reforms mandated pretrial release without bail for people charged with almost all misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies. As a result of ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 9, 2025 ... When New York implemented sweeping bail reforms in 2019, nearly ... order to end cashless bail has sparked criticism from criminal justice reform ...
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Claim 7: “She was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and endangering the welfare of a vulnerable or elderly person and was awaiting arraignment Tuesday.”
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Claim 8: “the elderly victim was was waiting for her Uber at Glenmore and Christopher avenues when the maniac struck again.”
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Two independent search results confirm the victim was a 75-year-old woman waiting for an Uber at the intersection of Glenmore and Christopher avenues in Brooklyn.
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web search NEUTRAL — Homeless maniac Shawnee Moore stabbed a 75-year-old woman in the neck as she waited for an Uber in Brooklyn after the nutjob eerily grunted "hello" to her, cops and sources said Monday.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/homeless-maniac-random…
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web search NEUTRAL — A 75-year-old woman was waiting for an Uber at this Brooklyn corner when she was attacked and stabbed.The remaining charges and the counts against her in November were not eligible for bail. A street …
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web search NEUTRAL — Quick Summary: Betty Ellerbe Attacked Raises Concerns About Street SafetyBetty Ellerbe, 83, was attacked in Brownsville, Brooklyn, while heading to church.The attack raises concerns about street safet…
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Claim 9: “Records show Moore had one prior arrest in 2014 but that case has since been sealed.”
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Claim 10: “Police said the attacker slammed the victim with a stick and stabbed her in the neck.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the use of a stick in the attack.
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Claim 11: “Moore was arrested again on charges of burglary, criminal contempt, menacing, resisting arrest and harassment, and again freed on supervised release by Judge Maria Aragona — this time with prosecutors signing off.”
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The details regarding the second arrest (burglary, criminal contempt, etc.) and the release by Judge Maria Aragona are found in the same reporting source as the other claims.
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web search NEUTRAL — '” Moore was arrested again on charges of burglary, criminal contempt, menacing, resisting arrest and harassment, and again freed on supervised release by Judge ...
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Claim 12: “Just two months later, Moore was back at the beauty supply shop despite the judge’s order of protection that required her to stay away, according to a criminal complaint.”
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The claim that Moore returned to the shop two months later in violation of an order of protection is mentioned in the context of the reporting, but only one distinct news-style source is providing this specific narrative detail.
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