Raggedy subway thug charged with slashing 48-year-old in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen smacked with 12 years in prison

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The raggedy slasher accused of knifing a 48-year-old man in a Hell’s Kitchen subway was hit with 12 years in state prison, as prosecutors revealed chilling new details of the attack.

Orsen Reyes, 23, sat before Judge Althea Drysdale in Manhattan Supreme Court looking unkempt while wearing a white bandana under his knotted hair as he heard the sentence for his December 2024 attack.

Before the sentence was handed down, Manhattan Prosecutors revealed Reyes “repeatedly” stomped on his victim’s head and pulled his legs toward the train tracks during the incident.


NYPD officers take a suspect with bloodied sneakers and an injured hand into custody at the 59th St. Columbus Circle subway station.
Orsen Reyes, 23, who allegedly slashed a 48-year-old man on a subway platform in Hell’s Kitchen, was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Robert Mecea

Reyes, a Washington Heights native, knifed the unnamed victim on the northbound C platform in the Manhattan station before he allegedly quietly snuck off, the NYPD said.

The slasher made it to the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station, where he was collared by police, according to photos.

Reyes was arrested with blood covering his sneakers and hands, photos revealed.

A jury unanimously found the first-time offender guilty on all charges, including his top charge, attempted murder.

He was held until his sentencing.


A sign for the 59 St-Columbus Circle Station at night, with red emergency lights reflecting on the wet ground.
During the December 2024 attack, Reyes “repeatedly” stomped on his victim’s head while pulling his legs toward the train tracks during the incident. Robert Mecea

At the sentencing, Judge Drysdale asked Reyes if he wanted to adjourn it so he could talk to the Department of Probation.

“I don’t know,” Reyes said before eventually declining, “It doesn’t matter.”

Reyes’ victim was brought to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition after the attack, police said.

The victim is undocumented, and prosecutors noted his refusal to speak to them in court.

“Their fear of participating was real,” a prosecutor said.

The frightening slashing came not too long after a 52-year-old man was knifed on the arm inside the Myrtle-Wyckoff L train station at the border of Brooklyn and Queens, according to cops.

Reyes will be on probation for five years after he is released from state prison.

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