The man, accused of smearing feces in the face of a woman in the subway, is already out new Yorkthe streets of Russia – a regular model of criminal threat, who has been arrested 44 times, only to be released to terrorize another New Yorker.
Just a week before the horrific subway attack, Frank Abroqua was arrested for allegedly threatening a hardware store employee with a screwdriver, but was released on bail.
The 37-year-old man was also arrested on January 7 for hitting a 30-year-old man on a subway platform on 125th Street and Lenox Avenue and on February 5 for hitting a 53-year-old man at the administration’s bus station.
But each time, thanks to weak new bail reform laws in New York, the career criminal did not have to bail and was released.
A few days after threatening a store employee during a robbery, Abroqua claims he threw himself at the woman at East 241st Street Subway Station on February 21, smearing feces on her face.
He was charged Tuesday night with charges of forcible touching, threatening, hooliganism and harassment. But he was once again released on bail.
He was immediately arrested for allegedly threatening to kill a Jew in Brooklyn last September. He was indicted in the case on Wednesday night and was released under supervision.
New York City Police Chief Pat Lynch has criticized New York’s bail-release reform laws for allowing people like Abrokwa to roam the streets.
Frank Abroqua, 37 (pictured), accused of smearing feces on a woman in a subway raid last week, was released on bail, re-arrested for a hate crime in Brooklyn and released on bail.
The riot attack was carried out without visible provocation during the evening rush hour
“New Yorkers are very disgusted,” Lynch said after the stool attack. “They want to know why a person like this is out on our streets and in the subway, but they don’t get a clear answer … Our main problem is a political culture dedicated to doing and saying the least.”
Many of New York’s most violent crimes have been committed by repeat offenders since Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg reduced the number of crimes to many.
In January, crime rose by 38.5 per cent in the city, which has since jumped to 48.5 per cent in February.
New York Mayor Eric Adams said he wanted to see changes to bail reform laws and other criminal justice measures, saying they would reduce crime in the city.
The Bronx District Attorney’s Office sought bail in Abroqua’s case during his indictment Tuesday night and tried to persuade the judge to hold $ 5,000 in cash or $ 15,000 in bonds, arguing that the attack was part of a pattern of behavior. .
But the judge said that because she had no testimony at his other arrests, she had no reason to detain him.
Abroqua was arrested again around 12:15 a.m. on charges of hate crimes for harassment and threats related to last year’s Brooklyn incident.
The Bronx man is said to have spat on and made anti-Jewish remarks to a 46-year-old Jew in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood on Sept. 9, the New York Daily News reported.
That’s what 46-year-old Menachem Minkowitz said New York Daily News that he was leaving a gastronomy in Crown Heights, looking after his own work, when Abroqua emerged from nowhere and directed him because of his Jewish attire.
“It all happened so fast,” he said. “A man comes and spits on me. I said, “What the hell is wrong with you?” And he said, “Damn Jew.”
Police said Abroqua shouted at the man, “I’m going to kill you!” Before swinging him.
“I saw the evil in his eyes,” Minkowitz added. “I love people, but I saw the evil in his eyes. It was bad.
Abroqua was charged Wednesday with an alleged hate crime and released on bail.
He is accused of severe harassment, threatening third degree as a hate crime, threatening third degree and hooliganism.
Abroqua stuck out his tongue in court on Tuesday when he was arrested for another crime
Abrokwa, seen here in a photo published by the NYPD in September, is said to have spat on and made anti-Jewish comments about a 46-year-old Jew in Crown Heights.
The alleged hate crime and fecal incident are two of only a dozen cases involving Abroqua, which has 44 people arrested before, police sources said. Sources also told the Daily News that three of the arrests – from January and February – he was released on bail.
On January 7, he allegedly hit a 30-year-old stranger on a subway platform on 125th Street and Lenox Avenue. On February 5, police said he approached a 53-year-old man at the Midtown Harbor Authority and punched him in the cheek.
And on Feb. 22, he claimed to have snatched screwdrivers and other items from a hardware store in the Bronx, then pointed a screwdriver at an employee and said, “Call the police.”
In the first two cases, Abrokwa was charged with a crime that did not meet the conditions of bail in the first two cases, the Daily News reported.
These attacks are just some of hundreds of subway crimes reported on February 28 this year alone, despite Mayor Eric Adams’ efforts to quell them.
This year, 375 subway crimes were reported as of Feb. 27, up from 217 in the same period in 2021, according to statistics from the New York Police Department (NYPD) released Wednesday.
From February 21 to 27, 55 crimes in the subway were reported, compared to 18 at the same time in 2021 – 205.6% jump.
“There is no law in this city,” the Minkowitz victim told the Daily News in an exclusive interview Wednesday. “I am just happy to be caught. I feel terrible for this woman. I am very disappointed with the way the city is dealing with these situations.
Minkowicz added that he was still shaken by the anti-Semitic incident that happened to him last September.
“You just can’t forget something like that,” Minkowitz said. “It was disgusting, like a big ball of spit. We both raised our hands as if we were going to fight, but it wasn’t a fair fight. He was much older than me.
Pictures of Abroqua were released after the incident, but he was not captured until the stool incident shed light on him and Brooklyn detectives stormed in.
Assistant District Attorney Grace Phillips revealed on Tuesday that just before the attack, Abroqua hit the victim, asking her, “Hey, Mom, hey, Mom, why don’t you talk to me?” When she ignored him, he got into a subway car and defecated in a bag, then threw himself at her and smeared her face.
Abroqua is accused of forcible touching, threatening, hooliganism and harassment
Dressed in a brightly colored bomber jacket with the cover of Slam magazine and NBA hat, Abroqua cursed Judge Wanda Lisitra during his first appearance in the Bronx Criminal Court late Tuesday, New York Daily News reported.
‘S ** t is happening. Ha-ha, “Abroqua said after his arrest, according to the criminal complaint. “It’s like a *** situation. Haha.
Abroqua told the court on Tuesday that he was tired of waiting and asked the judge to hurry things up so he could be handed over to Brooklyn detectives who are waiting to question him in a hate crime investigation.
The Bronx man, who was released on bail in three other cases, had to stand trial for the attack just three days after new York Mayor Eric Adams has introduced a subway safety plan designed to quell violence in a crime-ridden transport system.
A video of surveillance from the station, released by the New York Police Department on Monday, shows the victim sitting on a bench waiting for a train, when suddenly a man walking on the platform threw himself at the woman and smeared feces on her head and face.
Mayor Adams called the incident “a horrific experience that anyone can go through” at an unrelated press conference on Monday.
“Human waste or someone spitting in your face are real signs of mental health problems, and we really need to delve deeper into how we deal with these mental health problems,” the mayor added.
The attack took place at 5:15 pm on February 21 on the south platform of East 241st Street station.
Assistant District Attorney Grace Phillips revealed on Tuesday that just before the attack, Abroqua hit the victim, asking her, “Hey, Mom, hey, Mom, why don’t you talk to me?”
When she ignored him, he got into the subway car and emptied his bag.
The video then shows Abrokwa getting out of the subway car at idle and throwing himself at the woman, smearing her with excrement.
When the woman leans forward, he walks behind her and presses the debris to the back of her head and back.
Abrokwa has been arrested 44 times, accused of repeatedly hitting a 30-year-old stranger on a subway platform on the 125th St. and Lenox Ave. on January 7 and punched a 53-year-old stranger at Greyhound Station at Midtown Harbor Authority on February 5, the Daily News reported.
He was recently reported to have grabbed screwdrivers and pepper spray from a hardware store in the Bronx on Feb. 22, then pointed a screwdriver at an employee and said, “Call the police.”
In court on Tuesday night, the prosecutor tried to convince the judge that Abroqua should be detained on bail of $ 5,000 in cash or $ 15,000, claiming that the attack was part of a pattern of behavior.
But the judge said that because she had no testimony at his other arrests, she had no reason to detain him.
An observation video from East 241st Street Subway Station in the Bronx shows a man attacking an unsuspecting woman sitting on a bench on February 21.
The suspect threw himself at the 43-year-old victim and put a plastic bag with human feces in her face.
When the woman leans forward on the bench, the attacker smashes the bag of excrement in her head
It can be seen that the attacker was standing behind the victim and smearing the bag against the victim
As part of the initiative, 1,000 police officers have been deployed on several subway lines to increase public safety.
A week after Adams’ announcement, Dr. Nina Rothschild, a scientist with the New York Department of Health, was knocked down a staircase and repeatedly hit with a hammer at Queens Plaza Subway Station, leaving her in critical condition.
Police arrested 57-year-old William Blount on Sunday in connection with the brutal attack, accusing him of attempted murder, robbery and assault.
There are a number of crimes committed by homeless people, including a break dancer who was stabbed by a homeless man earlier this month and the murder of Michel Go, in which the 40-year-old was pushed into a train in January by a homeless man with a history of mental illness.
Crime in New York is on the rise, with homicides, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, grand thefts and hate crimes on the rise.