NEW YORK (PIX11) — A Honduran man accused of shoving two people onto the subway tracks in Manhattan over the weekend has been deported four times and sneaked back into the country a fifth time, immigration officials said Thursday.
ICE has placed a detainer on Bairon Posada-Herandez and asked New York authorities not to release him, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
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The detainer was placed when the suspect was arrested for assault on Tuesday for allegedly pushing a 30-year-old man and an 83-year-old man onto the tracks in an unprovoked attack at the 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station on March 8, authorities said.
“Bairon Posada-Herandez is a serial criminal, and four-time deported illegal alien from Honduras who should never have been able to walk our streets and harm innocent Americans,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis. “We are praying for the victims and their families. DHS is calling upon New York sanctuary politicians to commit to this ICE detainer and not release this heinous criminal back into New York communities.”
Video from the scene shows the first victim, John Rodriguez, 30, on the tracks shortly after the incident. Footage appears to show the suspect, wearing a red hooded sweatshirt, pacing on the platform moments after.
Investigators said a second victim, 83-year-old Richard Williams, was also pushed onto the tracks shortly afterward. Williams, an Air Force veteran, remains hospitalized and is on a ventilator, according to his daughter.
“He sustained significant head injuries. He’s on a respirator right now. He’s not awake. He’s not responding,” Debbie Williams said. “We’re praying for a miracle.”
Police say 34-year-old Bairon Hernandez was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with attempted murder in connection with the incident at the 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue subway station on Sunday. (PIX11)
Hernandez, a homeless man originally from Honduras, denied pushing the victims onto the tracks when he was questioned by PIX11’s Anthony DiLorenzo.
ICE officials said Posada-Hernandez first entered the country on January 2, 2008, and has been deported four different times, most recently in 2020. He allegedly entered a fifth time at an unknown date and location.
The suspect has 15 prior arrests for charges including simple assault, domestic violence, obstruction of police, possession of a weapon, drug possession, and aggravated assault, according to DHS.
He was arraigned in the subway incident on Wednesday. He pleaded not guilty and is being held on bail of $100,000 cash $300,000 insured bond, or $300,000 partially secured surety bond, according to court records.
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