Crime & Safety
Bed-Stuy Man Groped, Broke Transgender Woman's Nose: DA
A 22-year-old faces four years in prison after prosecutors say he yelled slurs at a woman before breaking her nose.
BED-STUY, NY — A Bed-Stuy man faces 4 years after prosecutors say he yelled slurs at a transgender woman before breaking her nose.
Ian Williams, 22, faces hate crime and assault charges related to the Aug. 17 attack on a J-train platform in Brooklyn, according to District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Williams yelled slurs at the woman and grabbed her buttocks about 1 p.m. Aug. 17 while waiting for a J-train at the Myrtle Avenue Station, prosecutors contend.
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He followed her into the train and when the woman confronted him, Williams slapped, punched and threw her to the ground — at which point other straphangers stepped in, prosecutors said.
The woman was rushed to an area hospital and Williams was pulled into another car by onlookers.
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"Every person in our city deserves to safely use the subway, no matter their gender identity or expression," Gonzalez said.
Williams is being held on $10,000 cash bail or a $50,000 bond and was expected back in court on Nov. 1.
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