NYPD searching for suspects after Cleveland Browns safety attacked in luxury LES hotel lobby
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- NYPD officers are searching for several people after Cleveland Browns safety Ronnie Hickman was punched in the lobby of a Lower East Side hotel.
Hickman was attacked by four people he encountered in the lobby of the SIXTY LES hotel on Allen Street at around 4:30 a.m.
The group recognized him, and when Hickman apparently did not acknowledge them, they started punching him.
They then ran off and are being sought.
The 24-year-old Hickman was taken to Bellevue Hospital to be checked out.
Hickman played at Ohio State University and attended DePaul Catholic High School in Passaic, where he was a standout.
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