Crime & Safety

Woman Shoved Into Brooklyn Subway Car In Shocking Video

Cops think a man who pushed a woman into a train at Dekalb Avenue is the serial brake-puller who caused hundreds of delays this year.

(Patch)

FORT GREENE, BROOKLYN — Police are searching for a man who shoved a woman into an idling subway car at the Dekalb Avenue station on Wednesday, who they believe may also be the same man who wreaked havoc by pulling subway brakes earlier this year.

The man was hopping around the station platform just before 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, seeming to try and shove other people in the crowd as he yelled "what" repeatedly, according to video and police.

He then forcefully pushes the woman with both hands, sending her flying head-first into an idling subway car on the track, video shows.

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Police believe the man is Isaiah Thompson, who is out on bail after getting arrested in May for pulling subway brakes and causing hundreds of delays, according to the New York Post and the MTA.

“Enough is enough," MTA President Andy Byford said, naming Thompson in a statement. "This individual is a criminal and it’s unacceptable that he be allowed to continue to create mayhem on the subways, mayhem he admits is deliberate, that puts riders’ and MTA employees’ lives at risk. He should be banned from the system – period.”

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Thompson has been arrested 17 times for crimes involving the transit system, according to The New York Times.

He was charged in July for riding on the outside of a northbound 5 train and had been cuffed back in May for pulling the emergency brake on an uptown 2 train during an evening rush hour, stranding commuters and disrupting subway service.

Transit officials had been searching for a saboteur who had been intentionally stopping trains around the city.

Wednesday's video of his latest spree quickly went viral online, where it was watched more than 130,000 times since Wednesday night. Police asked the woman who posted it online to give more details about the incident and sent out their own Tweet asking for details on Thursday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the NYPD's tip-line at 800-577-TIPS, which is kept fully anonymous, cops said.

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