Assault on Ninth Ave.
Police arrested three men for assaulting two men and a woman at the northeast corner of Ninth Ave. and 17th St. during the early hours of Sun. May 20. Charged with assault were Kenneth Huff, 21, and Samuel Huff, 17, and David Vasquez, 19, who was also charged with possession of a weapon, a gravity knife.

Jet lags
A New York Jets kick-return ace, Justin Miller, was arrested early Sunday May 20 as he was trying to flee from police investigating the assault of a woman outside the Maritime Hotel on W. 16th St. and Ninth Ave., police said. The incident started when Miller, 23, became involved in a shouting and pushing match with a group of people outside the hotel at about 4:20 a.m. He punched a woman in the face, knocked her to the pavement and fled, according to the misdemeanor assault complaint.

The victim, identified in a May 22 Daily News article as Kristen Jarvis, 26, an aide on the staff of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, sustained a bruised jaw and an injury to her knee when she fell. Jarvis and her friends had just left Aer Lounge on W. 13th St. when they encountered Miller outside of the Maritime, according to reports.

Police in a passing patrol car apprehended Miller in the hotel garage. His lawyer, Aaron Wallenstein, denied the charge, saying the woman attacked Miller, who was only trying to defend himself. Miller is due to appear in court June 25.

Beatings on 10th Ave.
Police arrested two men during the early hours of Saturday May 19 in front of 311 10th Ave, near 28th St. and charged them with severely beating a man, 39, visiting from North Carolina and leaving him unconscious on the sidewalk with a broken nose and deep lacerations to the back of the head. Charged with second-degree assault were David McIntyre, 25, and Kari Coleman, 30.

Three men were arrested at about 4:53 a.m. Sat. May 19 for beating a Brooklyn man, 28, in front of 288 10th Ave. between 26th and 27th Sts. Charged with second-degree assault were Anastasios Nikolaou, 27, Julio Boromei, 24, and Conor Seyda, 28.

Pistol packing
Housing Police arrested Omar Goodwin, 24, on Saturday night May 19 in front of 427 W. 26th St., in the Elliott Chelsea development, and charged him with illegal possession of a weapon after they discovered he had a .38 caliber revolver tucked into his rear waist band.

— By Albert Amateau