Frank Abrokwa, 37, was arrested for smearing feces on a woman s face in a vile subway attack and charged with forcible touching, menacing, disorderly conduct and harassment.
New York City subway crimes skyrocketed by more than 200% this past week compared to the same time in 2021, after several reports of heinous attacks in the transit system and despite Mayor Eric Adams’s crackdown efforts.
New York police arrested a man suspected in the attempted murder of a woman and found that he had been previously jailed for 18 years. The suspect, identified as William Blount, escaped jail on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping.
Nina Rothschild, 57, a research scientist with the city Health Department, suffered a fractured skull in the unprovoked beatdown and is recovering at New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell.