Douchebag, Thy Name Is Jack

You just got caught hitting a 101-year-old lady, sort of a tough thing to live down:

After an eight-week manhunt, the cowardly crook accused of assaulting and robbing two grannies in Queens last month — including a 101-year-old — was collared yesterday.

And it turns out Jack Rhodes, who’s 44 and 5-foot-10, 200 pounds, doesn’t just prey on old folks — he is suspected of punching the 5-year-old son of another woman he robbed, a police source said.

Cops checking a report of a car break-in busted Rhodes at 9:40 a.m. yesterday near the corner of Carroll and Henry streets in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. He was carrying a crack pipe, police said.

Rhodes’ elderly victims — Rose Morat, 101, and Solange Elizee, 85 — picked him out of a photo array and a conventional lineup, cops said.

“I am so sorry for what happened,” Rhodes said last night as he left the 109th Precinct.

When asked by a Post reporter if he enjoys beating up old women, Rhodes snapped, “No, I do not!”

And Rhodes’ fellow inmates seem to agree with conventional wisdom that he is one of the biggest douchebags ever:

Alleged “granny-basher” Jack Rhodes is confined to his Rikers Island cell for 23 hours a day to protect him from other inmates, officials said yesterday.

A guard shadows him during the hour he can leave his cell for exercise.

Word of the protective custody comes days after police took the unusual step of housing Rhodes, 44, overnight at the 109th Precinct for his own safety before his arraignment at Queens Criminal Court Saturday.

But the best form of justice comes from piling on:

A 44-year-old man who investigators say assaulted two elderly women during muggings — one of which was caught on video — was charged in those cases and in two other crimes, the authorities said yesterday.

The suspect, Jack Rhodes, was charged with two counts of robbery as a hate crime, according to the Queens district attorney’s office, because he singled out elderly victims.

(Is it really a hate crime to target the weak?)

Previously: “Jesus, What A Jerk”.