Overview
- Police said the suspect taken into custody Thursday faces counts of attempted assault in the third degree, menacing, and aggravated harassment.
- The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force made the arrest, according to Crown Heights Shomrim.
- The name of the person arrested has not been released, and investigators asked the public for tips as they assess whether to make additional arrests.
- The confrontation occurred Monday on a southbound No. 3 train near the Nostrand Avenue station after a transfer at Franklin Avenue, with a group of eight bochurim returning from a Chanukah event.
- Video shows two men berating the group, including antisemitic slurs, and one grabbing a victim by the neck and threatening to kill him; Mayor Eric Adams condemned the attack as under hate-crime investigation.