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Gersh Gofman, 83, Beat 99-Year-Old Grandpa with Steering Wheel Lock in Parking Spot Beef

By Pete Kotz in assault, bizarre
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 5:03 pm
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83-year-old Gersh Gofman was parked in a Brooklyn driveway in January, waiting for his wife to finish a doctor's appointment across the street. So 99-year-old Steve Pulwers went out to let him know that the doctor who usually parked there would be arriving soon...

This pissed off Gofman (pictured above), a former engineer from the Soviet Union. So he leaped from his car -- okay, maybe leap is too strong of a word -- and started beating Pulwers with a steering wheel lock.

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"Like a tiger he jumped on my body and punched me how much he wanted," says 99-year-old Steve Pulwers
Despite turning 100 in just two weeks, Pulwers apparently gave as good as he got. Gofman's lawyer says his client suffered bruises, scratches and bites. Still, the centenarian was no match for a sprightly man of 83. Pulwers took a pretty good beating, suffering a broken nose, messed up ribs, and two black eyes.

"This guy knocked me to the ground like a tiger, with his knees," Pulwers told the New York Daily News. "Like a tiger he jumped on my body and punched me how much he wanted. I lose power because I'm not such a young man."

Given his age, prosecutors offered Gofman probation in exchange for a guilty plea. But the ornery old coot decided to hold out for a better deal. Now he's looking at up to seven years for his role in the Geriatric Battle of Brooklyn.

Pulwers, a Polish immigrant who spent six years in a labor camp, has proven the much cooler guy. He's says he's too old to sue, and too old to worry about what happens to Gofman.

"It's up to the court. Listen, I'm too old to go find a lawyer or something. If the court send him to jail, okay, and if not, what am I going to do?"

Steve Pulwers, Occupation: Man.

For another tale of wayward grandpas, see
Ralph Conone, 68 and Very Weird, Randomly Punched Kids in the Head at Walmart.

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