The homeless man busted for allegedly attacking an Asian woman in Manhattan late last month vandalized a police car in Queens over the weekend — less than two weeks after his release, according to cops and prosecutors.
Eric Deoliveira, 27, smashed the window of a police car outside the 109th Precinct on Union Street near 37th Avenue in Flushing around 10:30 p.m. Friday, according to authorities and police sources.
A station house security officer who was conducting a perimeter check about two hours later noticed the damage early Saturday.
The footage revealed that Deoliveira was allegedly behind the vandalism — and he was arrested when an officer spotted him around 9:30 a.m., according to cops and the sources.
Deoliveira, who caused more than $250 in damage to the cruiser, was hit with a felony criminal mischief charge and will appear in Queens criminal court.
He was previously arrested March 22 for punching a 37-year-old Asian woman twice in her face on Astor Place near Fourth Avenue in Noho at about 11:30 a.m. the day before, cops said.
Deoliveira approached the woman as she was leaving a rally to protest hate crimes against Asians when he asked her for the sign she was carrying, which said, “Hate has no speech,” according to police and prosecutors.
Eric Deoliveira inside a train station following an assault on an Asian woman in Manhattan. DCPIShe obliged — and Deoliveira attempted to put the sign in a garbage can, but when it didn’t fit, he stomped it on the ground repeatedly, prosecutors said.
When the victim asked why he did that, he allegedly attacked her, causing bruising, swelling and pain to her eye and lip.
The victim also suffered a sprained ankle as she tried to chase her attacker. She was taken to Lenox Hill Healthplex Hospital for her injuries.
Deoliveira was charged with third-degree assault as a hate crime, and fourth-degree criminal mischief as a hate crime, prosecutors said.
During his early-morning arraignment on March 23, the assistant district attorney had requested cash bail of $20,000 or $60,000 bond — but the judge sentenced him to supervised release, with his next court appearance scheduled for June 3.
