The suspect in an anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime in Brooklyn earlier this year was apprehended this weekend for alleged fare evasion in the Bronx, police reported.
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The suspect in an anti-LGBTQ+ hate crime in Brooklyn earlier this year was apprehended this weekend for alleged fare evasion in the Bronx, police reported.
According to police sources, 41-year-old Yeshayahuw Carraway of Crotona Park in the Bronx had been wanted since January after he allegedly targeted a man in an abhorrent hate crime aboard a Brooklyn L train.
Cops say Carraway allegedly rode a Manhattan-bound L train near the Lorimer Street station in Williamsburg at around 5 a.m. on Jan. 17 when he approached the victim, a 24-year-old man.
Sources familiar with the incident report that he harassed the straphanger, calling him a f—-t before following him off the train and brandishing a knife. He then rained down punches across his head and fled the scene.
The incident was reported to the 94th Precinct man suffered minor injuries but ultimately refused medical attention.
Carraway remained on the lam until April 17, when cops say he entered Bruckner Boulevard Hunts Point station through the emergency gate. Sources familiar with the case said transit cops stopped him at the station for fare evasion.
Upon further investigation, sources said, Carraway was allegedly found to have had crack cocaine in his possession. He was taken into custody on related charges, including theft of services, and an additional count of disorderly conduct.
For the January L train incident, Carraway was booked on charges of assault as a hate crime, assault, menacing as a hate crime, menacing, aggravated harassment and harassment.
Carraway is no stranger to law enforcement. Sources said he had been cuffed earlier this month for criminal possession of a controlled substance. Back in 2013, he was alsocharged with assault for punching and scratching his then-girlfriend in a domestic incident.
