Overview
- Police say 29-year-old Anton Aleshin shoved a 72-year-old into the side of a moving No. 4 train at the 161st St.-Yankee Stadium station around 3:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day.
- Authorities describe the encounter as unprovoked and say the men were strangers who did not exchange words before the shove.
- The victim was knocked unconscious with a deep head laceration and was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he was reported in stable condition and expected to recover.
- Officers arrested Aleshin at the scene, and prosecutors say the incident was captured on station surveillance video and followed by statements from the suspect.
- Aleshin faces counts including attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and age-based harassment; he pleaded not guilty and was remanded without bail at arraignment.