NEW YORK – Authorities have arrested the alleged attacker behind the brutal beating of an MTA worker who he struck in the face with a metal pipe while working on New York City’s transit system, police said. .
Authorities identified Jonathan Frias, 28, after his arrest on Sunday, more than a week after the unprovoked attack on Nov. 4.
Just before 7:00 Leonor Fama was working at the bus station. Street of the Chambers in Lower Manhattan.
The 46-year-old woman, who said she took a subway cleaning job more than two years ago when COVID-19 started ravaging the city, was cleaning a train AND when a man appeared out of nowhere and punched in the face. face with a metal tube.
Fama sustained bruises and swelling on her face and was taken to hospital for her injuries. The victim noted that she was still traumatized by what happened.
Tears streamed down the victim’s face as she remembered the attack. Fama said she’s afraid to go back to work, but she added that she has no other choice to support her family. Overall, she said she was grateful to be alive.
Other MTA workers hunted down the man, who was last seen fleeing on a southbound Line 2 train.
The MTA condemned the attack.
“The attacks on public transportation workers who seek to help New Yorkers are unacceptable,” Ray Raimundi, an MTA spokesman, said in a statement. “We are assisting the NYPD investigators and are confident that this perpetrator will be held accountable.”
