Suspect Arrested After Woman Shoved Into E Train, Student’s Jaw Busted on UES
A 30-year-old woman remains in critical condition after the shoving at the Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station, which happened around noon on October 18. Her assailant had allegedly busted the jaw of a 26 year-old student on the same platform. Sabir Jones, a 45 year-old suspect, was reportedly arrested in Newark the next day and transferred into the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. He was sent to a psychiatric hospital.
| 26 Oct 2023 | 10:36
Sabir Jones, 45, was reportedly arrested in Newark in connection with two October 18 assaults at the Fifth Avenue/53rd St. station. One involved a subway shoving that left a 30 year-old woman in critical condition, while the other left a 26 year-old student with a broken jaw. (
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An unidentified 30 year-old woman was shoved into an incoming E train at the Fifth Ave.-53rd St. station on Wednesday, October 18, the NYPD confirmed to Straus News. The incident happened around noon. Paramedics rushed her to New York/Presbyterian Hospital after she was helped back onto the platform. She remains in critical condition due to the head injury she received.
45 year-old suspect Sabir Jones was arrested in Newark, New Jersey on Thursday, October 19. Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé issued a written statement on the arrest, clarifying that Jones had been transferred in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. He was reportedly sent to a psychiatric hospital.
The shoving had reportedly occurred just minutes after Jones shattered another 26 year-old man’s jaw on the same platform (that victim has chosen to remain anonymous). The man, who noted that he was a student from Queens, told the New York Times that he would be undergoing surgery for the assault. Both incidents appear unprovoked.
NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper told the press that Saber “was known to the department,” and that he suffered from mental illness. He has also reportedly come into contact with The Bowery Residents’ Committee, a homeless outreach organization, multiple times.
At a same-day press conference, MTA Chief Janno Lieber addressed the event: “Crime is nine percent down from where it was before COVID...but that’s no consolation to the family of this young woman.”
“The subways are what makes New York possible. It’s the only way we could live at this density. Part of the greatness of New York is all this face-to-face interaction, but when things like this happen we have to double down and work even harder to protect New York,” he added.