NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A homeless man punched a 12-year-old girl in the face and pushed two other girls before he was arrested in Greenwich Village on Tuesday evening.
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The girls were attacked at the corner of Washington and Perry streets shortly after 5 p.m.
The man pushed two girls, ages 11 and 12, and then punched a second 12-year-old, police said.
NYPD officers nabbed Rodney Perry, 34, several blocks away.
Perry was charged him with assault, resisting arrest and two counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years old.
The girls were treated for minor injuries at the scene.
The mother of one of the girls was walking with them at the time; she was not injured.