A maniac with 20 prior arrests – together with hate crime assaults on two ladies – was busted for randomly shoving a 70-year-old Los Angeles grandma towards the wall of a Midtown subway station this week, in keeping with police sources and the sufferer.
Sherlock Arana, 37, of the Bronx, allegedly attacked Janet Parvizyar, 70, contained in the Lexington Ave/53rd Road station round 10:30 a.m. Monday because the unsuspecting L.A. native loved the second-to-last day of her journey to the Large Apple, the place she was visiting a good friend.
“I don’t perceive, why did they allow them to go like this?” Parvizyar advised The Publish of the profession legal in an unique cellphone interview. “I imply, they need to do one thing about this. He’s going to kill any person.”
Arana is not any stranger to crime on the rails – practically a decade in the past, he pleaded responsible to assaulting two ladies inside separate Queens subway stations as a result of he thought they have been of Indian descent, prosecutors stated. No less than one was truly Bangladeshi.
“I hate Indian individuals,” he allegedly seethed at one of many ladies, who he approached close to the doorway to the Jamaica-179th Road station on January 5, 2017, earlier than punching her behind the top, in keeping with a legal criticism. “Get the f–okay out of right here.”
He was sentenced to 9 months behind bars on a third-degree hate crime assault cost, prosecutors stated. It was not instantly clear how a lot time he truly served.
The newest of Arana’s practically two dozen prior busts was in 2023 for a theft, legislation enforcement sources stated.
On this week’s assault, Parvizyar was strolling within the underground pathway resulting in the No. 6 prepare station when Arana allegedly shoved her right into a wall, inflicting her to hit her head and fall to the bottom, cops stated.
“I used to be going to get the prepare and out of the blue somebody got here to me and advised me, ‘What are you doing right here?’” Parvizyar stated. “And he pushed me to the window, and after that the ground, with none purpose, something. After which he began operating.”
The mindless assault left Parvizyar “shocked,” she stated.
“I couldn’t assume. I obtained confused,” she stated. “I don’t know, I used to be very confused. I didn’t count on one thing like that.”
“It occurred out of the blue. I didn’t see his face,” the startled sufferer added. “However my good friend noticed his face. She began screaming, asking for assist.”
Different good Samaritans within the station tried to step in, nevertheless it was too late – Arana fled the scene.
In the meantime, the mother of three and grandmother additionally of three was taken to NYU Langone Medical Heart for accidents to her head and neck.
Parvizyar is Iranian, however as soon as she realized of Arana’s legal historical past, speculated that he might have mistaken her for an Indian girl.
Eagle-eyed cops noticed Arana round 6:45 a.m. Wednesday contained in the Lexington Avenue-A hundred and twenty fifth Road subway station – recognizing him from a Needed flyer – as they carried out a station inspection, sources stated.
The arresting cops additionally discovered a knife in Arana’s possession, in keeping with the sources.
He was charged with assault and harassment, each within the second diploma, cops stated.
“I’m so glad as a result of I don’t need that to occur to any person else,” Parvizyar stated of the arrest. “I don’t need anyone else to undergo that.”
Parvizyar, who’s now again house in Los Angeles, stated she had visited the Large Apple “many occasions” earlier than – however now’s reluctant to return and trip the rails.
“I’m extra scared, as a result of [he did it] for no purpose, something!” Parvizyar stated. “Nothing occurred. I don’t know, out of the blue any person involves you, says, ‘What are you doing right here?’ and pushed me. It’s one thing uncommon. You don’t see it in Los Angeles. I don’t know!”
“It’s scary, actually scary, if you don’t count on one thing like this to occur to you.”
