A New York career criminal who was accused of smearing human feces on a subway passenger’s face but was released back onto the street has finally been jailed after another brutal attack.
Frank Abroqua, 37, was aggressive and was seen making a rude hand gesture as he was escorted to Manhattan Criminal Court to stand trial on criminal mischief and harassment charges. Now he’s been sent to the infamous Rikers Island prison.
In the latest alleged violation of the law, Abroqua is reported to have thrown a dumbbell through a glass window in a Harlem warehouse on Friday, breaking a window there after threatening a worker.
He was charged with violating the terms of his supervised release in connection with a previous case of a fecal bubbling incident in which he was caught on video rubbing his own feces on a woman at the East 241st Street station in the Bronx on February 21st.
The dastardly, seemingly unprovoked attack comes just three days after New York Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a subway security plan that would deploy 1,000 police officers to secure a crime-infested transportation system.
During Monday’s arraignment, the judge set Abroqua’s bail at $15,000 and ordered him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after the barefoot defendant made a scene in court, screaming at the top of his lungs, yelling profanity and daring the judge to post bail for him. .
As of Monday afternoon, the 37-year-old remained incarcerated at the notorious detention facility on Rikers Island. He is due back in court on April 11.
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Defiant Frank Abroqua, 37, makes a rude hand gesture as he is led into Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday for violating the conditions of his release.
Abroqua, a career criminal, is accused of throwing a dumbbell through a window less than a month after allegedly smearing feces all over a woman’s face.
Finally, a Manhattan judge set Abroqua’s bail at $15,000 and ordered him to undergo a mental health examination. Barefoot man yelled and used profanity during arraignment
Abroqua’s latest incident took place Friday at the Treasure Island Storage Facility in Manhattan, where he allegedly broke a window to demand a refund.
According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, the latest charges against Abrokva involve an altercation that took place at Treasure Island’s vault on West 145h Street, where the suspect arrived at 6:30 p.m.
Abroqua was described as being “unhinged” and continued to yell at the CEO of the business when he was helping another client.
Abroqua later left and the manager spotted him with a dumbbell.
‘[The manager] then went to find the defendant to help him, and while going to the defendant, he noticed a broken window,” the complaint says.
While the manager was cleaning up the broken glass, he said, Abrokva approached him and said, “I want my money back.” I’m leaving on Monday, so I broke the glass.”
On February 21, Abroqua was caught on video assaulting a woman at the East 241th Street station in the Bronx without any provocation.
Abroqua smeared human faces across the passenger’s face and back, as seen in the video.
Abroqua, who has a record of more than 44 arrests, stood trial on charges related to the March 1 attack (pictured), but the judge released him.
Abroqua then left, but returned to the vault the next day and told another employee, “If I don’t get my refund by Monday, I’ll come back here and catch the culprit.”
Abroqua was previously arraigned on March 1 on charges of violent touching, threats, disorderly conduct and harassment related to the feces attack, but the judge released him without bail, saying she had no reason to detain him because she had no evidence for consideration in his other arrests.
Abrokva was immediately arrested for allegedly spitting at a Jew back in September.
Shit happens. Haha,” Abrokva said after his arrest in the fecal smearing case, according to the criminal case. “This is a hell of a situation. Haha.
After being released without bail, Abroqua was immediately taken into custody for allegedly threatening to kill a Jew in Brooklyn last September.
Menachem Minkowitz, 46, told the New York Daily News that he was leaving a deli in Crown Heights minding his own business when Abroqua appeared out of nowhere and targeted him for his Jewish clothes.
“It all happened so fast,” he said. “A man comes up and spits on me. I said, “What the hell is wrong with you?” And he said, “Damn Jew.”
Police said Abroqua yelled at the man, “I’ll kill you!” before swinging at him.
“I saw the evil in his eyes,” Minkowitz added. “I love people, but I saw evil in his eyes. It was bad.’
Abroqua appeared in court in this case on March 2 on charges of aggravated stalking, third-degree threat as a hate crime, third-degree threat and disorderly conduct, and was later released under supervision.
Abroqua, pictured here in a photo released by the NYPD in September, allegedly spat and made anti-Jewish comments to a 46-year-old Jew in Crown Heights.
The 37-year-old’s extensive criminal record also includes a January 7 arrest for allegedly punching a 30-year-old man on a subway platform at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, followed by a February 5 arrest for allegedly punching a 53-year-old man. an old man at the Port Authority bus station.
But each time, thanks to New York’s lax new bail reform laws, the career criminal didn’t have to post bail and could continue to roam the city streets.
In mid-February, Abrokva was arrested for allegedly threatening a hardware store employee with a screwdriver during a robbery, but like his previous run-ins with the law, the suspect ended up being released.
A week later, on February 21, Abroqua was seen on surveillance video walking on the platform at East 241st Street when he lunged at a woman sitting on a bench and smeared his feces all over her face after she ignored his attempts talk to her.
As the woman leans forward, he walks behind her and presses the plastic bag of excrement against the back of her head and back.
New York City was in the throes of a massive crime wave as shootings, robberies, rapes and assaults skyrocketed.
There were 504 reported subway crimes this year, up from 288 in the same period in 2021, a 75 percent increase, according to New York City Police Department (NYPD) statistics released Monday.