Wakefield: MTA Employee Assaulted in Subway Station in Unprovoked Attack

By SÍLE MOLONEY

THE NYPD IS asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in this photo who they said is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Wakefield on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
Photo courtesy of the NYPD

The NYPD is asking for the public’s help identifying the person seen in the attached photo who they said is sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Wakefield.

Police said that on Thursday, Sept. 28, at around 11.55 a.m. a 53-year-old, on-duty, male MTA worker was working on the 2/5 train line inside the East 238th Street and Nereid Avenue subway station when he was approached by an unidentified male who struck him in the face with a closed fist, and then fled the location on foot in an unknown direction. “The victim was transported to an area hospital in stable condition,” an NYPD spokesperson said.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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