Bust in bashing of father in Brooklyn

POLICE BUSTED a man Friday on charges he attacked an Orthodox resident of Brooklyn, sources said.

Members of an NYPD warrant squad grabbed suspect James Vincent, 40, following an appearance in Brooklyn Criminal Court on an unrelated case Friday morning and brought him to the 71st Precinct.

After putting him through several lineups, cops charged him with strangulation, assault and unlawful possession of marijuana for his attack on Menachem Moskowitz in Crown Heights. Moskowitz, a 52-year-old father of nine, was returning home from a prayer service about 1:30 p.m. on April 21 when he walked past Vincent, who was smoking a cigar on E. 46th St. at Rutland Road.

When Moskowitz (photo bottom) waved at him, Vincent (photo top) went ballistic, the victim said.

“Next thing I know, he started yelling: ‘I don’t say hello to fake Jews. Who did you say hello to?’ ” Moskowitz told the Daily News Tuesday.

Things escalated when the Jewish man was just a block from his home. Vincent ran up to Moskowitz from behind and put him in a chokehold.

“He started grabbing me, trying to choke me,” the victim recalled. “He said, ‘You f---ing Jews! You stole my money! I gotta kill you!’ ”

Moskowitz suffered fractured ribs and a blackened right eye during the attack.