Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a man has been indicted for Attempted Murder and other charges for attempting to push a NYPD Transit Police Officer onto the subway track as a train was approaching the Fordham D train station.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant was seen walking on the subway tracks and after the officers arrested him and were escorting him out of the station, the defendant allegedly bumped one of them toward the tracks as a train was arriving. Fortunately, the officer regained his footing and did not get hurt. This is appalling and unconscionable behavior towards police officers who are trying to keep commuters safe.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Librado Victoriano, 34, address unknown, was indicted on Attempted Murder in the first degree, Attempted Aggravated Murder, Attempted Murder in the second degree, Attempted Aggravated Assault on a Police Officer, Attempted Assault in first, second and third degrees, first and second-degree Reckless Endangerment, Resisting Arrest, Obstructing Governmental Administration, Criminal Trespass and Trespass. He was arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court Justice Brenda Rivera and bail was continued at $500,000 cash/$1.5 million bond. He is due back in court on July 16, 2024.
According to the investigation, at about 9 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in the Fordham D train station at East 188th Street and Grand Concourse, NYPD Police Officer Joseph DeMaio and Sergeant Damion Knights of Transit District 11 observed Victoriano walking on the northbound tracks. While the officers attempted to transport him out of the station, as they walked on the narrowest part of the platform, the defendant used his shoulder to push Officer DeMaio causing him to lose his balance and stumble towards an arriving train.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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