Two on-duty MTA workers have been punched by unhinged attackers lower than two hours aside in Queens and Brooklyn over the weekend, officers stated Monday.
The mayhem started simply after 6 a.m. Sunday when a subway snoozer allegedly attacked a prepare cleaner on board an F prepare stopped on the Jamaica-179th Road subway station, in keeping with a felony grievance and legislation enforcement sources.
Luis Mizhquiri, 38, flew right into a rage and punched the 52-year-old employee who sources stated had woken him up, the court docket doc charged.
The blow left the employee with substantial ache in his face and ear, however he refused medical consideration on the scene.
Mizhquiri was taken into custody by responding cops and charged with second-degree assault and harassment, in keeping with the grievance.
He was ordered held on $7,500 money bail or $22,000 bond by Decide Sharifa Nasser-Cuellar throughout his Monday arraignment.
Mizhquiri was additionally ordered held behind bars for neglecting to pay a high-quality linked with a driving whereas intoxicated arrest from March of 2019, in keeping with prosecutors and on-line data.
Then round 7:40 a.m., an enraged girl attacked an MTA attendant who allowed a shuttle bus to depart a Brooklyn cease with out letting her on board, cops and sources stated.
The 49-year-old sufferer gave the bus driver the OK to proceed from the cease at Broadway and Hooper Road in Williamsburg, prompting Selene Cruz, 32 – who missed the bus – to throw an unknown liquid on him and punch him within the mouth, authorities and sources stated.
He too refused medical consideration on the scene.
Responding police discovered and arrested Cruz as they canvassed the realm.
She was charged with assault and tried assault, each within the third diploma, and effectively as second-degree harassment, in keeping with a felony grievance.
Cruz – who has no prior arrests, in keeping with police – was launched on her personal recognizance throughout her arraignment in Brooklyn Legal Court docket.
Prosecutors had pushed for supervised launch, the DA’s workplace stated.
