Brazelis -- who is homeless -- has two prior arrests in the subway system. On Jan. 19, he trespassed into a prohibited area of the Bergen Street station in Brooklyn. Brazelis was arrested for ...
While major crime on the subway is rare for the MTA’s millions of daily commuters, serious assaults in transit more than tripled between 2009 and last year, from about 150 to 540, according to Vital ...