Crime & Safety

Police: Another Man Arrested in Alleged Bat Attack

New Rochelle man faces felony assault charges.

A second man has been arrested in the New Year's Eve attack at Pelham Road in New Rochelle, where police captain Kevin Kealy said a man was attacked with a baseball bat and hospitalized.

Authorities arrested Roy Michael Forrester, a 20-year-old New Rochelle resident, last Friday. Forrester lives at 83 S. Division Street.

Forrester—5'10" and 210 pounds—has been charged with assault in the first degree, a felony, in connection with the Dec. 31 event.

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The attack took place at 6:07 p.m., police said. According to a dispatch in The Journal News by reporter Will David, the victim suffered a fractured skull and wounds to the face.

The first man arrested in connection with the incident is Antonia Lucaine, a 19-year-old New Rochelle resident.

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