Staten Island Man Arrested After Kicking Pregnant Woman On Subway: Police

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — A Staten Island man was arrested on Thursday after he allegedly kicked a visibly pregnant woman on a northbound 4 train. For more news from Tribeca and the Financial District, sign up for Patch news alerts here.

Police said they arrested Michael Lee, 40, on Thursday shortly after he got into an argument with the woman on a crowded northbound 4 train. Lee boarded the train at Bowling Green station after 8 a.m. and apparently bumped into the 28-year-old woman, who was 8 months pregnant. Officials told the New York Daily News that the two began arguing before the woman pushed Lee, knocking him to the floor, after which he kicked the woman twice in her stomach.

Police said Lee was charged with felony assault, misdemeanor assault and felony reckless endangerment.

The Daily News also reported that the woman was transported to a nearby hospital and both she and the baby are healthy.

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