Guatemalan migrant accused of setting NYC subway rider on fire
A Guatemalan immigrant was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of setting a sleeping subway passenger on fire in Brooklyn, leaving the innocent victim alive in what the police chief called “one of the most despicable crimes a human being can commit.” I watched as he was killed. The brutal murder, which occurred around 7:30 a.m. […]
Sleeping subway rider burned alive on F train after crazed attacker tosses lit match on her
On Sunday morning, a woman died in the flames when the F subway train she was sleeping in at Coney Island caught fire and a madman threw a lit match at her, police officials said. Just before 7:30 a.m., NYPD officers responded to a call about a fire at the Coney Island-Stilwell Avenue subway station […]
Texas Lyft driver says rider slashed his throat, attempted to choke him, stole his car
A Lyft driver in Texas said he was assaulted while riding, a passenger cut his throat, tried to strangle him and then tried to steal his car. Dillavar Burke, 25, has since been released from the hospital, but remains bedridden and says he is grateful to be alive. fox 4. A rideshare driver picked up […]
Shouting madman stabs NYC subway rider who was watching Netflix hours after teen slashed in separate transit attack: cops
On Tuesday night, a screaming maniac stabbed a man who was watching Netflix on a train in Brooklyn. The victim now says he will think twice before riding the subway again. According to the victim and officials, the 32-year-old victim was watching a show on a northbound Q train at Park Place and 7th Avenue […]
MTA driver stabs rider who slugged him in chaos on bus: cops, sources
An MTA bus driver stabbed and beat an enraged passenger in Brooklyn on Friday after he refused to get off the bus during a stop, authorities said. Bus driver Ian Bascombe, 58, was at the wheel of the B41 at Foster and Flatbush streets in Kensington at about 12:20 p.m. when he was driving a […]
Subway rider fights back after ‘much bigger’ passenger slaps him in face, sends his glasses flying
Alexander Rakitin told the New York Post He has been commuting by subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan for about 30 years, and has noticed an increase in risk factors in recent years. “I think everyone on the subway is scared and nervous,” Rakitin, whose father works in finance, told the Post. “There's always some level […]
Priyanka Sewhani identified as Uber rider who died after falling from car
Police have identified a 32-year-old woman from Long Island as the Uber passenger who died Sunday after jumping out of a rideshare vehicle and being hit by another vehicle on the Long Island Expressway. Oyster Bay resident Priyanka Sefani was pronounced dead at the scene after she “exited” an eastbound 2019 Volkswagen Passat while sitting […]
Subway rider thanked Daniel Penny for saving riders from Jordan Neely
She said, “Thank you.” A simple gesture, a short phrase. What Alecia Gittings said to Danielle Penny on May 1, 2023 had tremendous implications. Perhaps the most important appreciation of the 26-year-old's life came at least from my perspective on the fourth day of Penny's tumultuous manslaughter trial. Ms. Gittings was on the Uptown F […]
Cops release photos of man suspected of stabbing NYC subway rider in the eye
A disorderly man who stabbed a Brooklyn subway passenger in the eye is now in the crosshairs of the NYPD. On Saturday, police released a photo of the suspect who stabbed the victim, Nedal Kifaie, 30, with a knife in the left eye on Thursday. Police said the suspect was a fair-skinned man. He was […]
Brutes slash NYC subway rider and steal his Jordans after he refused to join ‘East Ape Brick Squad’ street gang: sources
Two thugs slashed a Manhattan subway passenger and tore off his Jordan sneakers late Monday, but the victim appeared to have been targeted because he refused to join a street gang, sources said. said. Authorities and sources said the 21-year-old victim was walking out of the 6th Station at East 77th Street and Lexington Avenue […]