{"id":182244,"date":"2025-08-28T11:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182244\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T11:02:12","slug":"maniac-shoves-punches-man-85-in-unprovoked-attack-at-nyc-subway-station-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182244\/","title":{"rendered":"Maniac shoves, punches man, 85, in unprovoked attack at NYC subway station: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An unhinged maniac shoved and pummeled an 85-year-old man in an unprovoked attack inside a Brooklyn subway station Tuesday, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The octogenarian was waiting for a Manhattan-bound J train at Broadway Junction around 11:15 a.m. when a complete stranger \u2013 later identified as Jeffrey Joseph, 39 \u2013 randomly pushed him to the ground, authorities and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph punched and kicked the senior before taking off, the sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The senior was examined by EMS workers on scene, but refused further medical attention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36952548\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/broadway-junction-85-year-old-110180170.jpg\" alt=\"An image of the Broadway Junction subway station\" class=\"wp-image-36952548\"  \/>The 85-year-old man was pushed to the ground, punched and kicked on the  Manhattan-bound J train platform at Broadway Junction, cops and sources said.  Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>Cops caught up to Joseph, of Far Rockaway, about 15 minutes later, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joseph\u2019s arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court was pending Wednesday, according to online court records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36952550\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/broadway-junction-85-year-old-110180167.jpg\" alt=\"An image of the Broadway Junction subway station\" class=\"wp-image-36952550\"  \/>Jeffrey Joseph, 39, was arrested in connection to the attack, cops said.  Wikipedia<\/p>\n<p>The attack happened months after a maniacal homeless man <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/21\/us-news\/plucky-nyc-victim-94-vows-to-stand-her-ground-after-assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegedly bludgeoned<\/a> a 94-year-old retired teacher inside the Oculus transit hub in Lower Manhattan, according to police sources and the victim.<\/p>\n<p>Audrey Harkins was in the iconic station to catch the E train around 9:30 a.m. on June 5 when a stranger \u2013 who sources have identified as recidivist Edwin Wright, 39 \u2013 crept up behind her and clubbed her with a metallic object.<\/p>\n<p>Harkins was patched up with three stitches at the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unhinged maniac shoved and pummeled an 85-year-old man in an unprovoked attack inside a Brooklyn subway station&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":182245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12937,1121,4219,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,39006,28714,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-182244","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-assaults","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-crime","12":"tag-metro","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-senior-citizens","20":"tag-subway","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-us-news","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115106057350600014","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}