The sicko suspected of randomly pushing a woman into the Bronx subway tracks was arrested Tuesday after an eagle-eyed MTA worker recognized him from a search sign and signaled police.
Theodore Ellis, 31, was arrested shortly before noon at Jackson Avenue Station in Melrose, the same station where he pushed his 52-year-old victim on the road Sunday afternoon, police said.
An MTA worker recognized Ellis from the search signs hanging at the station and reported him to police, who punched him and charged him with reckless assault and danger, according to police and NYPD sources.
Theodore Ellis allegedly accidentally pushed a woman on subway tracks in the Bronx.NYPD
The worker told police Ellis was a regular illegal “clothing salesman” at the station, sources said. When police interviewed him, he made incriminating statements and said he “did not remember” what the victim said to “anger him,” but said he “did not show his own strength,” an official said. of the police.
A terrifying surveillance video showed Ellis allegedly grabbing his victim by the waist and whipping him on the tracks in a seemingly unprovoked attack.
At that time, no train entered the station and her companions were able to remove the woman from the tracks and return to a safe place.
The suspect Theodore Ellis was spotted by an MTA worker and immediately arrested. Daniel William McKnight The suspect Theodore Ellis is being escorted from District 12 of the New York City Police Transit Office to the Bronx. Daniel William McKnight
She was taken to Lincoln Hospital with head and arm cuts and remained there on Tuesday, police sources said.
Ellis has a number of previous arrests dating back to 2006, including rape for aggravated harassment, narcotics, theft, major theft, animal cruelty, resistance to arrest, obstruction and assault.
Additional report by Larry Celona