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Man randomly shoves woman into subway car in Brooklyn
On Wednesday evening, a man was caught on video randomly shoving a woman into a subway car at the DeKalb Avenue station. (Video via @sabel_brooke on Twitter)
NEW YORK - A man accused of disrupting dozens of New York City subway trains has been arrested again in connection with a woman being violently shoved into the side of a train car in Brooklyn that was caught on video
Police say 28-year-old Isaiah Thompson is the man seen in the video, which took place at the DeKalb Avenue station on the southbound D and M train platform at around 7:40 p.m. on Wednesday. The video shows a man lunging at another man and jumping and screaming "What!" before turning on the woman and shoving her head first into the idling train. Investigators say the victim left the scene and did not file a police report.
Police say Thompson was arrested Thursday on assault and other charges. Information on his lawyer was not immediately available.
Thompson has already been charged with pulling subway emergency brakes at least three times earlier this year, causing major delays.
“Enough is enough,” said MTA NYC Transit President Andy Byford in a statement. “This individual is a criminal and it’s unacceptable that he be allowed to continue to create mayhem on the subways, mayhem he admits is deliberate, that puts riders’ and MTA employees’ lives at risk. He should be banned from the system – period.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.