Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the indictments of RASHON EAGLE, 43, and ABDELLAHI MOHAMMED, 25, for two separate February 2024 attacks on MTA employees. EAGLE is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with one count of Assault in The Second Degree and one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree. MOHAMMED is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with one count of Assault in the Second Degree and one count of Assault in the Third Degree.
“Every day, MTA workers ensure that our public transportation operates smoothly, helping millions of New Yorkers arrive safely to their destinations. As alleged, Rashon Eagle and Abdellahi Mohammed assaulted two of these workers, who were just doing their jobs, in addition to a Good Samaritan,” said District Attorney Bragg. “MTA workers and passengers should not have to fear for their safety when on our buses and subways, and those who jeopardize their safety will be held accountable.”
Indictment of Rashon Eagle
According to court documents and statements made on the record, at approximately 12:06 p.m. on February 10, 2024, in Lower Manhattan, EAGLE was riding the M15 bus and became irate when the bus was stuck in traffic, yelling profanities at the bus driver. When the bus made its final stop at the South Ferry Whitehall terminal, all of the passengers exited the bus except for EAGLE, who continued yelling. He punched the partition where the bus driver was seated, and threatened to stab the bus driver if he didn’t get out of his seat.
Fearful of being stabbed, the bus driver got out of his seat. EAGLE continued yelling and became physically aggressive, swinging at the driver in an attempt to punch him. The bus driver was able to block the punch and tackle EAGLE. They wrestled on the floor of the bus, where EAGLE repeatedly scratched the driver’s face, eyes, and hands, causing them to bleed.
EAGLE then reached into his back waistband and removed a pocketknife, which he opened to stab the driver. The bus driver was able to wrestle the knife out of the defendant’s hands. NYPD ferry terminal officers responded immediately, arrested the defendant, and recovered the knife.
The bus driver was taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries, which include blurred vision to his left eye that has not yet healed and for which he needs to seek additional medical treatment.
According to court documents and statements made on the record, at approximately 5:50 a.m. on February 14, 2024, at the southbound platform of the Wall Street 4/5 subway line, MOHAMMED punched an MTA worker in the face after she approached him lying under a bench. The unprovoked assault fractured her eye socket in addition to swelling and bruising to her eye.
MOHAMMED also punched a Good Samaritan that came to the aid of the MTA worker, fracturing and sustaining a laceration to his nose. Both victims were treated at New York Downtown Hospital.
D.A. Bragg thanked the NYPD, specifically officers Steven Salas of Transit Division District 2 and Geronimo Tyrell of the 1st Precinct.
[1] The charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. All factual recitations are derived from documents filed in court and statements made on the record in court
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