A psychopathic thug charged with attacking two MTA employees and a transit cop last year has been released after making a deal to receive psychiatric treatment, even though he also allegedly attacked four Rikers Island security guards while in custody.
According to officials and sources, Christian Marrero, 21, not only neglected his psychiatric program, but he is also accused of going on a rampage in Queens after his release, stabbing three innocent people, according to the charges.
He is currently in jail without bail.
“It’s not at all surprising that yet another psychopath has reneged on his promise to receive psychiatric treatment,” one law enforcement source lamented to The Washington Post.
“Unless we impose real penalties for non-compliance with mental health treatment, this problem will never be solved. Either get treatment or face the full impact of the law.”
Marrero was first arrested in June 2023 in Manhattan for allegedly assaulting two MTA employees and a transit police officer two days apart.
According to the criminal complaint, on June 14, 2023, at approximately 2:30 p.m., Marrero yelled that he hated the MTA and punched the first victim at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and West 148th Street, then punched a second transit employee who came to the aid of his colleague a few minutes later.
Two days later, Marrero allegedly punched a traffic officer and spat in the officer’s face around 1:45 a.m. outside 506 Lenox Avenue, according to the criminal complaint.
He was detained and spent nearly a year in jail while the case was pending in court.
But on May 30, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, led by Alvin Bragg, announced it would approve the deal, on the condition that Marrero participate in an eight-month psychiatric treatment program, and would waive any further prison time if he completed it.
Records show that just a week before the plea deal was offered, Marrero also allegedly assaulted a corrections officer at Rikers Island, marking the fourth time he has been charged with assaulting a corrections officer while in prison since February.
“It is outrageous that a violent offender with a long history of assaulting corrections officers and New Yorkers in the community would be given the opportunity to undergo a release program and then go back out onto the streets to commit further violent crimes,” Benny Bosio, president of the New York City Corrections Officers Benevolent Association, said in a statement Sunday.
“Violent repeat offenders remain a threat to all New Yorkers and must face severe penalties, not lighter punishments, for the crimes they commit in prison and on our streets,” he said.
“This was a very poor decision, and innocent New Yorkers are paying the price.”
It’s unclear which agency ran the mental health program or whether it was for inpatients or outpatients, but prosecutors said Marrero failed to do so and was back in Manhattan court on July 1.
But by that time, records show, he was facing three additional charges in Queens for allegedly going on a crazed rampage on June 22, attacking three passersby and slashing all of them in the face.
According to a criminal complaint in the case, Marrero first attacked a passenger holding onto a strap on an E train at Queens Plaza station around 8 a.m., leaving the passenger with cuts to his arm, face and ear, including a “partially detached” earlobe.
The man required 18 stitches to close the cut and reattach part of his earlobe.
But that wasn’t the end of Marrero’s actions, prosecutors said.
At 8:20 a.m., the suspect allegedly ran up to another man in front of 27-03 42nd Street in Queens and slashed him in the face before fleeing.
The victim required “surgical glue” to close cuts on his face, according to the lawsuit.
At 8:23 a.m., Marrero allegedly attacked a third man in front of 42-57 27th Street, slashing him “from nose to ear.” The victim required 30 stitches to close the cuts.
Officers found Marrero at Queens Plaza station about 30 minutes later and arrested him.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Sunday did not respond to additional questions about the details of Malolo’s plea agreement or the treatment program he plans to complete.
Similar court-mandated programs have been controversial in the past, with critics questioning how effective they can be if defendants are free to attend.
Jordan Neely, the drifter who died last year after being fatally choked by former Marine Daniel Penny, participated in the court-ordered program for just two weeks before leaving.
