Woman accused of pushing 2 tourists onto Manhattan subway tracks
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) --- A woman is accused of pushing two Mexican tourists onto the subway tracks in a Manhattan subway station on Monday, police said.
Ebony Butts, 42, allegedly pushed the women, both 28, onto the tracks in the Delancey Street-Essex Street subway station on the Lower East Side at around 2:15 a.m., according to the NYPD. The tourists were standing on the F line platform when Butts allegedly shoved one woman and pushed the other one while she was helping her friend off the tracks, cops said. The incident was unprovoked.
The victims were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Butts, a Brooklyn resident, was arrested at the scene and was charged with reckless endangerment and assault, police said. Her arraignment was pending on Monday.
Butts has nine prior arrests, including a 2016 incident where she allegedly punched a 38-year-old woman in the face in Brooklyn, according to the NYPD.
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