March 12th 2024.
A man from New York was arrested for a disturbing and tragic incident that occurred at a train station in Manhattan. According to reports from The New York Post, the man, identified as Christian Valdez, was taken into custody by police officers on Saturday, March 9, almost 11 hours after the incident took place. It all happened at the Fulton Street station, where Valdez allegedly pushed his girlfriend onto the subway tracks as a train was approaching the platform on Friday, March 8, at around 10:25 a.m.
After pushing his girlfriend, who has not been identified, Valdez quickly fled the scene. However, he was eventually caught and arrested in Brooklyn at around 9:35 p.m. that same day. He had gone to meet with his parole officer, but instead was met by officers from the NYPD. During questioning, Valdez allegedly confessed to the crime, stating that it happened during an argument with his girlfriend.
A police source revealed that the couple was in the midst of an argument when Valdez pushed his girlfriend onto the tracks. The 35-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and felony assault and is currently being held without bail following his arraignment on Sunday night. The victim, a 29-year-old woman, was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is currently in stable condition, as reported by ABC News.
This is not the first time Valdez has found himself in trouble with the law. In September 2017, he was arrested for stabbing a woman after breaking into her Bronx apartment and attempting to throw her 3-year-old daughter off a fire escape. And in 2020, he was convicted of second-degree attempted assault in the Bronx and sentenced to eight years in prison. However, he was released on parole on January 9, 2023, from the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York. At the time of the subway incident, he was still on parole.
According to The Daily Mail, a woman claiming to be Valdez's niece shared that her uncle came to her apartment in Newark, New Jersey, after the incident and told her about what happened. She stated that he said they had a fight and his girlfriend fell, but he didn't know how. She also revealed that Valdez has been living with schizophrenia for 18 years and is in need of special help for his mental health.
The niece hopes that his girlfriend, whom he has only been seeing for a few months, can forgive him because he is sick. She also believes that if he goes back to jail, his condition will only worsen as he needs proper medical treatment. She shared that Valdez has spent time in hospitals in both New York and New Jersey for his condition and believes that he needs help from doctors, not prison.
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