A 28-year-old Florida man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting seven Asian women on charges of domestic violence.

A bleached blonde homeless man arrested on suspicion of racist attacks on seven Asian women is an Army veterinarian whose mother has a restraining order against him and who allegedly hurled insults at NYPD after his arrest.

Steven Zaionch, 28, was arrested on Wednesday (February 27) after he barricaded himself in a New York Public Library restroom and provoked a confrontation with police.

DailyMail.com is now able to report that Zayonch, who has ties to both Sarasota in Florida and Staten Island, served in the US military. Social media posts show he was stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas in 2015, where the 1st Infantry Regiment’s solution is located. It is unclear when and why he left the armed forces. DailyMail.com sent a request for more information.

Meanwhile, Zayoncs is believed to have continued his alleged racist behavior since his arrest. Law enforcement sources told DailyMail.com that after his arrest, he shouted letters to black NYPD officers.

Police say it remains unclear why Zajonc, whose last address was listed as a homeless shelter in midtown Manhattan, is specifically targeting Asian women, beyond the general racist motives they already share.

Zayonc is now charged with assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, aggravated stalking and stalking.

He is charged with assaulting seven women on February 27 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm from Madison Avenue and East 30th Street to Broadway and East Eighth Street.

A photo posted in 2015 shows Steven Zajonc, a suspect in a spate of anti-Asian attacks in Manhattan, in his US Army uniform. The 28-year-old is now homeless and faces hate crime charges

A photo posted in 2015 shows Steven Zajonc, a suspect in a spate of anti-Asian attacks in Manhattan, in his US Army uniform. The 28-year-old is now homeless and faces hate crime charges

Zajonc is pictured on his Instagram pages, before he bleached his hair Steven Zajonc

Zayonc was featured on his Instagram pages before he bleached his hair.

While Zionch appears to have no criminal record in New York, court records in Florida show that in October 2020, his mother, Denise Zionz, sought a protective order from him, citing domestic abuse.

According to the court decision, the order was not handed over to Zayonch. Documents in this case, which have been dormant since October 2021, are not publicly available online because they have a “protected” status.

Older photos posted on Zayonc’s Instagram page, as well as his sister’s and mother’s Facebook profiles, showed the suspected dark-haired homeless man. At the time of his arrest on Wednesday, he was seen with platinum hair and bleached eyebrows.

His attacks are said to come after a series of high-profile attacks on Asian Americans in recent weeks, two of which have been fatal. Last week, 61-year-old Asian grandmother Guiying Ma passed away after a three-month struggle to recover from a head injury after being hit in the face by a rock during a street attack in New York City.

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Steven Zajonc, 28, was arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and harassment

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He is accused of targeting seven women between 6.30pm and 8.30pm from Madison Avenue and East 30th Street to Broadway and East Eighth Street

Zajonc ignored reporters' questions as he was bundled into a waiting cop car

Zajonc ignored reporters’ questions as he was bundled into a waiting cop car

Steven Zajonc, 28, was arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and harassment

Steven Zajonc, 28, was arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, aggravated harassment and harassment

This map shows the times and locations of the attacks, from Midtown Manhattan to Nolita and Greenwich Village, on Sunday

This map shows the time and location of the attacks, from Midtown Manhattan to Nolita and Greenwich Village, on Sunday.

Ma, who immigrated four years ago from Liaoning, China, was sweeping the sidewalk in front of her home in Jackson Heights, Queens on November 26, 2021, when Elisaul Perez, a 32-year-old homeless man sleeping on the street, attacked her. her family.

The first victim of the Sunday attacks, a 57-year-old Asian woman, was hit in the face by a man near Madison Avenue and East 30th Street.

She went to the nearest hospital to treat her sore lip and swollen face.

Just 10 minutes later, police were called for another attack near Fifth Avenue and East 30th Street, in which a fleeing man punched a 25-year-old Asian woman in the face.

A $3,500 reward was being offered for information leading to the racist attacker's capture He was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt and carrying a backpack

A $3,500 reward was offered for information leading to the capture of the racist attacker.

And just five minutes later, police were called again after a man punched a 21-year-old Asian woman in the face near South Avenue Park and East 23rd Street.

She was taken to the hospital with cuts on her face and a swollen mouth.

Shortly before 7 p.m., a fourth Asian woman in her 25s was hit in the face in Union Square near Irving Place and East 17th Street. She also had a cut on her face and a swollen lip, but she did not need hospitalization.

At 19:15, a 19-year-old Asian woman was elbowed in the face in the same area by a fleeing man.

The sixth attack was on a 25-year-old Asian woman who was elbowed in the face near East Houston and Mott Street, and just an hour later the 20-year-old Asian woman was knocked to the ground in the same area. area.

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Asian Americans have experienced a 343 percent increase in hate crimes in 2021 with 133 attacks. Hispanics are also seeing a rise in attacks with eight attacks happening in 2021, compared to one in 2020

Only 219 people were arrested for hate crimes last year, though there were 524 such complaints. In 2020, there were 265 complaints and 93 arrests

Last year, only 219 people were arrested for hate crimes, although there were 524 such complaints. In 2020, there are 265 complaints and 93 arrests.

Zaionch is believed to be originally from Florida, but is currently homeless in New York City.

An East Sider told CBS: “I’m trying to prevent this from completely changing my life, but at the same time, I’ve noticed that there are more and more of these things, so I’m a little more careful.”

The latest series of attacks has contributed to an increase in attacks targeting Asian Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The NYPD created the Asian Hate Crimes Task Force in response to an increase in attacks, and last year the department recorded 524 cases of hate crimes in the city — nearly double the number in 2020 and the highest indicator for five years.

In 2021, there were about 131 “anti-Asian” incidents, which is 385% more than 27 registered in 2020.  

Adams reassigned Inspector Jessica Corey, who led the Hate Crime Task Force, last month. His office has not clarified where she was placed or who would replace her

Adams has reappointed Inspector Jessica Corey, who last month led a task force on hate crimes. His department did not specify where she was stationed and who would replace her.

Sunday’s crime came just two weeks after Kristina Yuna Lee, a 35-year-old Korean-American, was stalked by a homeless criminal in her Lower East Side apartment and stabbed to death in the bathtub.

In January, 40-year-old Michelle Alice was pushed under a train at the West 42nd Street subway station.

On Monday, the mayor of New York fired Jessica Corey, head of New York’s hate crimes unit, who made arrests in less than half of all reported incidents.

“We’ve been too slow to investigate [the crimes] as possible hate crimes,” Adams said on Monday, commenting on Corey’s removal. “I wanted a new face, a new vision.”

Lee was transferred to the Firearms and Tactics Division after Adams learned that she allegedly insulted Esther Lee, a hate crime victim, for filming a man who she said spat on her and called her ” carrier” on train A last fall.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said his office “unfortunately” currently has 33 open hate crime cases, including hate crimes against Asians – the most since the hate crimes unit was created in 2010.

In 2021, the Manhattan prosecutor’s office filed almost four times as many hate crimes against Asia as in the previous year.

NYC hit by spate of hate crimes

Yao Pan Ma, 61, (pictured in April) died on December 31, eight months after he was attacked

Yao Pan Ma, 61 (pictured in April), died on December 31, eight months after the attack.

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Ma died on December 31, eight months after he was severely beaten by a homeless criminal in April 2021.

A Chinese immigrant, he was left in critical condition and placed in a medically induced coma after 49-year-old Jarod Powell stepped on his head at least six times while Ma collected banks to raise money for his family.

“I cried when I saw him in the hospital with his face covered. He is still crying,” his wife Baozhen Chen said in April. “I hope he wakes up and talks to me, gets better and comes home. This is really hard to believe.

His death was determined to be a homicide.

Powell was detained at a homeless men’s shelter in Ward just days after the April attack and was initially charged with second-degree murder and two counts of assault.

Since 1988, Powell has been arrested 15 times.

Joseph Borgen

Joseph Borgen was beaten by a group of five men yelling anti-Semitic epithets while on his way to a pro Israel demonstration last Thursday Borgen's bruised and battered face

Joseph Borgen was beaten up by a group of five people shouting anti-Semitic epithets as he was on his way to a pro-Israel demonstration.

Borgen, an accountant who lives on the Upper East Side, was wearing a gray statue and walking into Times Square around 6:30 p.m. on May 20, 2021, when he claimed that a young man wearing a black bandana had started stalking him.

“I turned around to try and figure out what was going on, and the next thing I found, I was surrounded by a whole crowd of people who kept attacking me physically, hitting me, kicking me, hitting me, hitting me with crutches. “Let them hit me with flags,” he told DailyMail.com.

“I thought I was going to die. I thought I was really going to die.

Borgen said that between eight and ten people were involved in the crackdown, and they shouted anti-Semitic slurs such as: “You are a dirty Jew. We’ll kill the hell out of you. Return to Israel. Hamas will kill you.

Faisal Elezzi, 25, from Staten Island, is charged with assault as a hate crime, threats as a hate crime, and stalking as a hate crime.

Wasim Awaudeh, 23, was the first person to be arrested for violent assault and charged with assault as a hate crime, gang assault, threat of stalking, aggravated stalking as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

Prosecutors say he told the prisoner, “If I could do it again, I would do it again. I have no problem doing it again.

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Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show Awawdeh wearing a black t-shirt with ‘Palestine’ emblazoned on the front, as he was led out of the 5th Precinct in handcuffs

Vilma Kari

Vilma Kari's (right) vicious racist attack was caught on camera last year. Her daughter, Elizabeth (left), said a good Samaritan lured her attacker away

The brutal racist attack on Wilma Curry (right) was caught on camera last year. Her daughter Elizabeth (left) says her attacker was lured in by a Good Samaritan.

On March 29, 2021, Wilma Carey was 65 when a man later identified as Brandon Elliott kicked and stepped on her while shouting anti-Asian slurs in front of a building in New York City.

Footage of the horrific attack caught national attention, especially when it showed porters in a nearby building who not only seemed to ignore the violence, but shut Wilma out by shutting the door.

She was hospitalized and treated for serious injuries, causing the walker to leave later that day.

Brandon Elliot, then aged 38, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault as a hate crime and attempted assault as a hate crime.

He reportedly shouted anti-Asian slurs and told her “You don’t belong here” before casually leaving.

Christina Yuna Lee, 35

Christina Yuna Lee, 35

Christina Yuna Lee 35

Li was found dead on February 13 in the blood-soaked tub of her Chinatown apartment on New York’s Lower East Side.

A 35-year-old Asian advertiser was stabbed to death by a homeless serial criminal who was released on bail.

Horrifying footage shows Asamad Nash, 25, sneaking into the building behind Lee after she got out of the taxi.

She entered the building, but did not realize that Nash, who did not seem to know his intended victim, had slipped in after her after seeing her get out of the taxi and followed her up six flights of stairs to her house.

Her death was not investigated as a hate crime, but it came at a time of growing anti-Asian incidents in New York.

Michelle Alice Go

Michelle Go, 40

Michelle Go, 40

Goh, 40, was on platform N/Q/R/W at West 42nd Street and Broadway around 9:40 am on January 15 when Martial Simon, 61, pushed her from behind with both hands while she was looking at her phone. , the authorities said.

According to her LinkedIn, she was the senior manager of strategy, operations management and customer acquisition at Deloitte Consulting.

She graduated from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in economics and public policy and an MBA from New York University.

When a reporter asked Simon, who has a long criminal record, if he was the one who promoted Go, he replied, “Yes, because I am God. Yes, I did. I’m God. I can do it.’

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