Overview
- Tyquan Manassa, 28, is charged with multiple counts of assault and one count of criminal possession of a weapon in the Nov. 19 Kew Gardens subway attacks.
- Prosecutors say Manassa admitted the assaults during questioning, telling detectives “Yeah, that’s me” when shown surveillance images.
- A Queens Criminal Court judge set bail at $200,000 during his arraignment, and prosecutors said the charges carry a potential sentence of up to 25 years.
- Authorities say two men, ages 42 and 50, were slashed in the face on the southbound E platform around 3 p.m.; prosecutors said one required 16 stitches and the other, identified as Carlos Plasencia, needed seven.
- Police took Manassa into custody a day later at a Randall’s Island homeless shelter on a separate criminal mischief arrest, then linked him to the case; officials cite more than a dozen prior arrests and reported emotional outbursts.