A disabled 37-year-old who was brutally beaten after he offered to help pay for his attackers' meal cried watching the surveillance footage of the attack and called it 'disgusting'.

Joseph Molohon, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, offered to use the social security money he had just picked up on March 1 to help two men at the Texas Chicken & Burgers in Brooklyn, New York, when they were short of cash.

But an argument broke out, and Molohon was punched, kicked, and struck with his own cane by a group of four before another man rifled through his pockets while he was lying on the ground.

Kariem Roberts, 21, turned himself in on Thursday and was charged with robbery, gang assault and menacing. Police are still searching for the other suspects.

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Police arrested Kariem Roberts, who allegedly beat Joseph Molohon (pictured with the bloodied shirt he wore the night of the attack) on March 1 in Brooklyn, New York

Molohon, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, was beaten by a group of four. He said: 'They fractured my nose going downward. They busted my head'

Molohon said he had $1,000 dollars in his pocket after picking up his social security money, theNew York Post reported.

He was ready to enjoy his dinner around 7.30pm when he overheard two men mentioning they didn't have enough money for the food they wanted.

Molohon offered to chip in, telling the Post: 'I help everybody. I help people with cigarettes. If they ask me for money, I’ll give them a dollar or two. I’m a really nice person. I’m a country boy.'

But his act of good will was rebuffed and one of them men went 'ballistic', grabbing the 37-year-old's cane and hitting him in the head.

The two men started throwing punches and using the 37-year-old's cane to beat him before two others joined in on the attack.

The 37-year-old offered to spot two men (pictured) when they didn't have enough money to pay for their meal at Texas Chicken and Burgers on Ocean Avenue

The two men started throwing punches and hitting the victim with his own cane, before two other men entered the restaurant and joined in

After the four attackers fled the restaurant, a fifth man (pictured) entered the restaurant and emptied the victim's pockets while he was still lying on the ground

Surveillance footage showed the group of four kicking Molohon in the head and body while other customers at the restaurant looked on.

A fifth man entered the restaurant and rummaged through his pockets and stole his belongings, police said. But he was laying on his wallet, and the cash remained out of reach.

Molohon, who was treated for broken bones including a fractured cheek and nose, cuts and bruises, told Pix11: 'They fractured my nose going downward. They busted my head. It was really nasty what they did to me.'

He told CBS: 'It’s just wrong, disgusting, and I don’t know why they would do something [like that].'

Roberts turned himself in and was identified through a police line up. A search for the other men is ongoing.

Anyone with information regarding the incident should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Kariem Roberts, 21, turned himself in on Thursday and was charged with robbery, gang assault and menacing. Police are still searching for the other men pictured in the surveillance video

Anyone with information regarding the incident should call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477)