A maniac repeatedly slashed a stranger with a boxcutter when the 2 inadvertently ran into one another inside a Brooklyn subway station Monday afternoon — and now the suspect is free on bail, cops and sources mentioned.
Caleb Polidore, 26, allegedly slashed a 33-year-old man within the face, neck and chest contained in the 53rd Road R prepare station in Sundown Park round 1 p.m., police mentioned.
The wild assault stemmed from an unintended bump as the 2 strangers handed one another close to the turnstile space, police sources mentioned.
Their verbal conflict turned violent as soon as they reached the mezzanine, police sources mentioned.
The sufferer was hospitalized in steady situation, and Polidore ran off, solely to be arrested close by by quick-acting cops who additionally recovered the boxcutter, authorities mentioned.
He was charged with assault, tried assault, legal possession of a weapon, menacing and harassment, in response to a legal grievance.
Polidore was ordered held on $3,000 money bail or $20,000 bond – over prosecutors’ request for $10,000 money bail or $20,000 bond, the DA’s workplace mentioned.
He rapidly posted bail and is due again in court docket on Jan. 2, in response to prosecutors and on-line data.
