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A Manhattan subway train derailed Sunday morning after a laughing homeless saboteur put metal clamps on the roadbed, police sources said.

The uptown A train was entering the 14th St./Eighth Ave. station in the West Village at 8:17 a.m. when it ran into the metal tie plates, which are normally used to secure tracks to the roadbed, officials said.

Three of the subway cars derailed, with at least one wheel leaving the tracks, and sideswiped several stanchions separating the track beds.





The homeless man found the tie plates on a pile of construction materials at the 14th St. station, police sources said. He took the plates and put them on the tracks before the train came into the station.

Commuters saw the 30-year-old suspect laughing at his accomplishment, sources said. Good Samaritans held him at the station until cops took him into custody and brought him to Transit District 2 headquarters for questioning. No charges were immediately filed.

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New York, New York
I want to wake up in a city prison that never sleeps...

Wow.
Those are all over the place too.
I used to get them from the tracks next to the shop before I switched to real steel plates to shoot at.

The non-productive members of that city are enjoying a level of impunity they've not seen since the 70's.

NYC = Rotten Apple.

How could no charges be immediately filed? He might be incompetent, but that has to be attempted murder...

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How could no charges be immediately filed? He might be incompetent, but that has to be attempted murder...

Charges still get filed. It's up to the court to determine what the sentence would be in the case of a guilty verdict.

Many of the homeless do have issues with mental health. the city ignores it...until; something violent happens and one gets killed or injured during an arrest. then everyone comes out of the woodwork to whine about it.

These are the same people who wouldn't give them a second look or cross the street to avoid them.

Man accused of derailing NYC subway was freed without bail for similar incident


The man accused of derailing a Manhattan subway train by tossing metal construction debris on to the tracks on Sunday was released without bail on a prior case, outraging one victim’s husband.

“She is very scared and has a heart problem,” said Plymouth Persaud, 66, whose wife Jasoda Ramchan-Persaud was treated for minor injuries after the subway car veered off the tracks and sideswiped at least 10 beams.

“It’s craziness! This guy was arrested for this kind of thing weeks ago. He should have stayed inside. He is dangerous to society!”

Demetrius Harvard, 30, had allegedly chucked the metal onto the tracks at West 15th Street and Eighth Avenue as an uptown A-train pulled into the station at about 8:20 a.m., according to police.

“This has me so frightened for my wife, on the trains,” Persaud told The Post. “I am worried when she is on the subways now. We are all taking the subway. We all still have to work.”

Harvard was hauled before a Manhattan Criminal Court judge on Sept. 5 and arraigned on one count of misdemeanor criminal mischief for allegedly striking an MTA bus with a metal street barricade, shattering two windows, court records show.

Manhattan prosecutors didn’t ask for bail, and Harvard was granted supervised release — even though he had an open bench warrant for failing to show up to court on a March 1, 2019, case for threatening two Boost store staffers.

He allegedly cursed at the employees while erratically swinging a three-foot-long metal pipe and banging it against the floor, according to a criminal complaint.

After exiting the store, Harvard allegedly picked up a metal trash can and tossed it at the store’s sign, breaking it. He was charged with menacing, criminal mischief, harassment and possession of a weapon.

The judge released him without bail — despite prosecutors requesting $1,000, court records show.

Under the bail reform rollbacks, Manhattan prosecutors could have lobbied for bail when Harvard was arraigned on the Sept. 5 case — even though the charge by itself isn’t bail-eligible, according to defense lawyer Mark Bederow.

The new provision states that bail can be set if a defendant is arrested for a second class A misdemeanor for damaging property.

“So at least in this case, by not seeking bail, it appears the DA has given the defendant a break,” Bederow said.

Harvard had the two open criminal cases when he sabotaged Sunday’s train — injuring three of the 135 passengers on board and causing massive transit system delays.

He’s awaiting arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. The DA’s office didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

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NYC = Rotten Apple.

to the core

Good example of limp wristed panty waisted court system judges and lawyers. Question : If one of their personal family members had been a victim of these types of actions would their response have been the same. ........................ drill sgt.

I don't see this as a NYC thing. This is a national issue IMO. We fail miserably to address mental health (and have failed a such for decades and decades). Certainly it's very evident in cities. But even in my town, we have plenty of recurring problems that are symptoms of the real issue, -- unstable, untreated, mentally ill homeless people suffering through their lives on the street.

Take that and add enough time, and you'll have some interesting things occur.

The issue is two fold: We have taken "minority rights" to abrogate the idea of "societal rights," and we have stopped placing individual rights, above all others.

While it may impair the individual rights of the madman, by locking him up, his freedom impacts the individual rights of far more people - same with the rapist, murderer, thief, etc.

The tricky part, is ensuring folks know enough basic math and economics, to value the individual's property rights.