Elderly Victim Critically Injured in Unprovoked Attack
Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced that a Brooklyn man was indicted on Attempted Murder and other related charges for allegedly shoving a man into a subway train as it entered a Bronx station.
District Attorney Clark said, “The defendant allegedly shoved a 72-year-old man into an oncoming No. 4 train as it approached the station. This was an unprovoked attack which resulted in the victim suffering serious injuries, including bleeding on the brain. The victim remains hospitalized and is facing a lengthy recovery.”
District Attorney Clark said the defendant, Anton Aleshin, 29, of Flatbush Avenue, in Brooklyn, was today arraigned on Attempted Murder in the seconddegree, first-degree Assault and second-degree Assault, before Bronx Supreme Court Justice George Villegas. Remand is continued. His next court appearance is on April 1, 2026.
According to the investigation, at approximately 3:25 a.m. on January 1, 2026, the male victim was standing on the southbound platform of the No. 4 train at the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station when the defendant, without warning, shoved him into the side of the train as it was entering the station. The impact rendered the victim unconscious. When paramedics arrived, they found him lying on the platform bleeding from the head. He was rushed to NYCH+H Lincoln. Multiple witnesses directed police to Aleshin who was sitting inside a subway car. He was placed under arrest.
District Attorney Clark thanked NYPD Detectives Benjamin Burgess from the Technical Assistance Response Unit, and Lashveja Singh from the Bronx Transit Crimes Squad, and Officers Dayanna Merdis from the 115th Precinct and Jeremy Lagoa from Transit District 11 for their work in the investigation.
An indictment is an accusatory instrument and not proof of a defendant’s guilt.
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