Jamar Banks, 52, a resident of a Brooklyn homeless shelter, has been charged with stabbing a man aboard a Lower Manhattan subway on New Year's Day. Banks is also suspected of stabbing an MTA worker a day later. Police sources say Banks has an extensive criminal history with over 50 arrests, including previous charges for assault and shoplifting.
A homeless man with over 50 prior arrests has been charged with stabbing a man aboard a Lower Manhattan subway on New Year’s Day, police said.Jamar Banks, 52, who resides in a Brooklyn homeless shelter, was taken into custody by the NYPD Warrant Squad at the 219th Street station in the Bronx at around midnight on Jan. 5 and transported to Transit District 2 inside the Canal Street station for questioning.
Jamar Banks, 52, who resides in a Brooklyn homeless shelter, was taken into custody by the NYPD Warrant Squad at the 219th Street station in the Bronx at around midnight on Jan. 5 and transported to Transit District 2 inside the Canal Street station for questioning.Law enforcement sources also reported that Banks is suspected of stabbing a 47-year-old MTA worker in the armpit and back one day later at around 4:10 p.m. on a northbound 5 train platform at the Pelham Parkway Station.
Banks was escorted out of Transit District 2 in cuffs on Sunday afternoon but refused to answer for his alleged crimes.Police sources told amNewYork Metro that Banks has an extensive criminal history, with over 50 arrests. In Oct. 2022, Banks stabbed a man in the leg aboard a northbound 2 train; in this case he was charged with assault. In April he was caught with a knife while shoplifting. Most recently he was cuffed for petit larceny.
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