Crime & Safety

Prospect Heights Man Charged In Atlantic Ave Station Attack: Cops

Bradley K. Hill was arrested over the weekend after police say he kicked a woman down the escalator at Atlantic Ave-Barclays Center station.

A man was arrested over the weekend after police say he kicked a woman down the escalator at Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station.
A man was arrested over the weekend after police say he kicked a woman down the escalator at Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station. (NYPD.)

PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police have caught the man who kicked a woman down an escalator in a Brooklyn subway station earlier this month.

Bradley K. Hill was caught on surveillance video kicking the 32-year-old woman in the chest on the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station escalator on Sept. 9, sending her tumbling down several feet, according to police.

The two had a "verbal exchange" just before the attack, police said.

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Hill, 32, was charged with assault and attempted assault for the incident. He lives on Sixth Avenue, records show.

The woman he pushed was left with cuts and bruises to her back, arms, legs and trauma to her left ankle, police said. She refused medical attention at the scene.

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