SAYVILLE, Long Island (WABC) — A Long Island man is accused of gouging his grandmother’s eyes out during a fight and leaving her blind.
Officials announced Wednesday that 30-year-old Michael Grief was arrested on three counts of violent assault for the incident.
In court, officials said the incident was a result of a dispute with Grief’s 78-year-old grandmother, Sheila Grief, in the home they share on Lincoln Avenue on Feb. 19.
Authorities say the fight started after he overdrew her debit card by $1,000. She ran to a neighbor’s house for help.
Moments later, prosecutors say he followed her outside and “pressed his fingers into her eyes, one at a time, causing the globe of each eye to rupture.”
Neighbors became aware of the assault and called police.
She was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital where she underwent eight hours of surgery. Doctors say she has less than a 1 percent chance of regaining her sight.
Prosecutors say that when he was told what he did, he simply shrugged and said “so.”
“He seemed apathetic toward the situation, this is an individual who we consider dangerous and we have to take all appropriate action,” Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said.
Officials said he does not have any prior arrests, but he does have a history of mental illness and had been admitted for care when he was younger.
He is being held on $500,000 cash bail and $1 million bond. If convicted, he could serve up to 25 years.
The superintendent of their building said he heard fights going on for years.
“I heard yelling and screaming sometimes they would fight and stuff, and then one of the neighbors that lived here years ago said that they always fought,” superintendent David Ryan said.
“The message here is one about domestic violence: Often people find themselves in situations with their family members where they feel helpless or threatened, and we want to encourage those people to reach out,” Sini said. “If you are in immediate danger, call 911. In non-emergency situations, you can also reach out to the District Attorney’s Office and we can put you in contact with a victim’s advocate who can empower you and help you navigate the process of ensuring your safety.”
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“Prosecutors say that when he was told what he did, he simply shrugged and said “so.”
Any maggot with an attitude like that needs to be PERMANENTLY incarcerated.
Lets change incarcerated to incinerated … that would be just fine
Not adverse to that solution, either.
A bit extreme for eye-gouging, perhaps, but his moral compass is obviously totally f%&ked up, so he would probably commit murder with the same blase attitude about it.
I wonder how many drugs he was on for depression was he taking them are not what will happen if the shtf and all they people can’t get there meds
HD, I think a lot of people will die if the SHTF. People on prescription drugs will die, people who need medical care like dialysis and such, the disabled, etc.
Target rich environment , no doubt , especially those that are on the addictive shit thats out there ..those that are on meds for health reasons thats another story on its own , doubt they would be much of a threat after a few days without , its the addicts that scare me
An “eye for an eye” sounds fitting here!
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This is obviously antisemantic propaganda from the Muslim controlled media, according to Jewish surname webpage, Grief is Jewish..
It must have been drugs. Because there’s no way a member of an inbred, psychopathic culture, embracing Kabbalism and Talmud, would commit such an atrocity.