BRONX, N.Y. — A Bronx man has been indicted on assault and weapons charges for allegedly slashing an MTA conductor in the face in an unprovoked subway attack last month, Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced Wednesday.
Isaiah Thompson, 29, of Morrison Avenue, was arraigned on multiple counts, including first-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon, in Bronx Supreme Court. He was remanded and is scheduled to return to court on August 21.
According to investigators, the attack occurred on June 10 around 12:20 p.m. while MTA conductor Lynette Pierce, 36, was working on a southbound 6 train at Whitlock Avenue station. As Pierce checked the platform, a man approached and slashed the left side of her face with a sharp object.
Pierce sustained two facial lacerations requiring eight stitches and was transported to St. Barnabas Hospital. The incident was captured on surveillance video.
Thompson was arrested at his home on June 12 under a warrant.
“This MTA conductor was doing her job… when she was allegedly attacked by the defendant in a random, unprovoked incident,” said District Attorney Clark.
Thompson faces multiple felony assault charges in connection with the subway platform slashing caught on video.